Battle of Baton Rouge | |||||||
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Part of the Western Theater of the American Revolutionary War | |||||||
Detail from a 1776 map showing West Florida | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Spain | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Col. Bernardo de Gálvez | Lieut. Col. Alexander Dickson | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
398 regulars 400 militia |
400 regulars 150 militia | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
9 killed 39 wounded[1] |
34 dead 4 killed 2 wounded 375 captured 30 died of wounds in captivity[1] |
The Battle of Baton Rouge was a brief siege during the Anglo-Spanish War that was decided on September 21, 1779. Fort New Richmond (present-day Baton Rouge, Louisiana) was the second British outpost to fall to Spanish arms during Bernardo de Gálvez's march into West Florida.