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Photographer: Mark Hilton
Taken: March 10, 2014
Caption: An additional Battle of Pensacola marker
Additional Description: Sons of the American Revolution
Florida Society
Here at Fort George, Don Bernardo de Galvez of Spain achieved his greatest victory by defeating the British in the Battle of Pensacola in May 1781 during the American Revolutionary War.
The campaign successfully eliminated British control of the lower Mississippi River Valley and the Gulf of Mexico. As a result, the Territory of British West Florida was ceded to Spain in 1783 and subsequently to the United States of America in 1821.

This plaque is dedicated to the twenty-five American volunteers who served under General Galvez’s command in the Battle of Pensacola. Given by the Centennial Committee on the 100th anniversary of the founding in Pensacola of the Florida Society, Sons of American Revolution.
March 24
1886-1986
Submitted: March 12, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
Database Locator Identification Number: p267992
File Size: 0.096 Megabytes

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