The Battle of St. Louis, also known as the Attack on St. Louis and the Battle of Fort San Carlos, was fought on May 26, 1780, between British-allied Indians and defenders of the Franco-Spanish village of St. Louis, Louisiana during the American Revolutionary War. The garrison, a motley assortment of regulars and militiamen led by Upper Louisiana's lieutenant governor, Captain Fernando de Leyba, suffered a small number of casualties.
Diorama of the Battle of St. Louis in the Gateway Arch Museum, Old County Courthouse, St. Louis, Missouri.
Collot's plan of St. Louis, c. 1790.
Diorama of the Battle of St. Louis at the Missouri State Museum in 2007.
Indian Attack on the Village of Saint Louis 1780 by Oscar E. Berninghaus, 1925, Missouri State Capitol.
St. Louis is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is located near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while its bi-state metropolitan area, which extends into Illinois, had an estimated population of over 2.8 million. It is the largest metropolitan area in Missouri and the second largest in Illinois. The city's combined statistical area (CSA) is the 20th largest in the United States.
St. Louis
Image: Runner Fountain and Old Courthouse and Arch (5618845531)
Image: St. Louis Art Museum
Image: Busch Pano 2022
