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| Siege of Pensacola | |||||||||
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| Part of the Gulf Coast Campaign of the American Revolutionary War | |||||||||
 Spanish Troops at Pensacola, Florida by H. Charles McBarron shows a grenadier officer of the Louisiana regiment urging his troops to the assault at Pensacola. | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Spain France | Creek | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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 John Campbell   Konrad von Horn | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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7,400 regulars and militia[1][2] 10,000 sailors and marines 21 ships[3] (Including 1,500 French sailors and 750 French soldiers)[4] |
1,300 regulars, rangers and militia[5] 500 Natives[6][1] | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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95 killed 202 wounded[7][1] |
155 killed 105 wounded 1,113 captured[7][1] 2 sloops captured | ||||||||
  Pensacola Location within North America | |||||||||
The siege of Pensacola, fought from March 9 to May 10, 1781, was the culmination of Spain's conquest of West Florida during the Gulf Coast Campaign of the American Revolutionary War.[8][1]
- ^ a b c d e Haarmann, Albert W. (January 1, 1966). Proctor, Samuel (ed.). "The Siege of Pensacola: An Order of Battle" (PDF). The Florida Historical Quarterly. 44 (3). Orlando, Florida, United States: Florida Historical Society: 193–199. ISSN 0015-4113. JSTOR 30145666.
- ^ Marley 2005, p. 590, Pensacola.
- ^ Mays 2009, p. 250.
- ^ Chaline, Olivier; Bonnichon, Philippe; de Vergennes, Charles-Philippe (2008). La France et l'Indépendance américaine [France and the American independence] (in French). Paris, France: Presses de l'Université Paris-Sorbonne. p. 357. ISBN 9782840506126. OCLC 470566431.
- ^ Mays 2009.
- ^ Chartrand 2006, p. 54.
- ^ a b Chávez 2003, p. 194, Twelve. A costly blow to British prestige, 1780—1781.
- ^ Worcester, Donald E. (January 1, 1951). Proctor, Samuel (ed.). "Miranda's Diary of the Siege of Pensacola, 1781" (PDF). The Florida Historical Quarterly. 29 (3). Orlando, Florida, United States: Florida Historical Society: 163–196. ISSN 0015-4113. JSTOR 30138821.