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Learn how Spanish forces under Bernardo de Gálvez captured the British fort at Baton Rouge on September 21, 1779, during the Anglo-Spanish War. Find out the facts, casualties, outcome and aftermath of this brief siege that was part of the march of Spanish Governor Gálvez into British West Florida.
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The siege 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 .
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Aug 12, 2012 · Learn how the Spanish general Bernardo de Galvez and his forces conquered the British fort at Baton Rouge, ending British control of the Mississippi River in 1779. Find out the details of the siege, the casualties, the legacy and the historical sites of this Revolutionary War battle.
Sep 16, 2023 · Ann Bergeron gives the invocation during the Order of Granaderos y Damas de Gálvez La Luisiana Chapter’s commemoration of the 1779 Battle of Baton Rouge on Saturday, September 16, 2023 at...
Aug 14, 2015 · A historical marker honors the men who fought in the Battle of Baton Rouge in the War of the American Revolution, the only battle of this war fought outside of the original Thirteen Colonies. The marker is located in Downtown Baton Rouge, near the State Capitol and the Mississippi River. It was erected by the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1940 and has a video, a map, and related markers nearby.
Jan 5, 2024 · T he Battle of Baton Rouge was the culminating military victory in Spanish colonial governor Bernardo de Gálvez’s campaign against British forts along the Mississippi River. It occurred during the American Revolutionary War, shortly after Spain had declared war on Great Britain and openly joined the war on the side of France and the ...
Spain officially entered the American Revolutionary War on the 8 May 1779, with a formal declaration of war by King Charles III. This declaration was followed by another on the 8 July that authorised his colonial subjects to engage in hostilities against the British.