Battle of Pensacola | |||||||||
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Part of the War of 1812 | |||||||||
Jackson and his troops entering Pensacola on November 6, 1814 | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
United States |
United Kingdom Creek Native Americans Spanish Florida | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Andrew Jackson |
Mateo Manrique Edward Nicolls James Alexander Gordon[1][2] | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
4,000 infantry 5 artillery pieces |
British: 200 infantry from Royal Marines, Red Sticks and Royal Marine Artillery[3][4] Unknown artillery and black slaves 1 fort 1 coastal battery Creek: Unknown warriors Spanish: 500 infantry unknown artillery pieces 1 fort | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
American: 7 killed and 11 wounded[5] |
Spanish: 14 killed and 6 wounded[6] |
The Battle of Pensacola (7–9 November 1814) took place during the Creek War, part of the War of 1812, in which American forces fought against forces from Great Britain and Spanish Florida who were aided by the Creek Indians and African-American Maroons allied with the British.[7] General Andrew Jackson led his infantry against British and Spanish forces controlling the city of Pensacola in Spanish Florida. Allied forces abandoned the city, and the remaining Spanish forces surrendered to Jackson.
The battle was the only engagement of the war to take place within the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Spain, which was angered by the rapid withdrawal of British forces. Britain's naval squadron of five warships also withdrew from the city.[8][9]