Gálvez is promoted to brigadier general for…

October 1779 CE

Gálvez is promoted to brigadier general for his successful campaign, and his exploits are immortalized in the poetry of Julien Poydras.

He immediately begins planning an expedition against Mobile and Pensacola, the remaining British strongholds in West Florida, which will culminate in the capture of Pensacola, the West Florida capital, in 1781.

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New Orleans Orleans Louisiana United States View →

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Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid, Count of Gálvez View → Charles III of Spain View →

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New Spain, Viceroyalty of View → France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of View → Spain, Bourbon Kingdom of View → Britain, Kingdom of Great View → West Florida View → East Florida View → Louisiana (Spanish colony) View →

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Colonization of the Americas, Spanish View → Colonization of the Americas, British View → American Revolutionary War, or American War of Independence View → Anglo-French War (1778–1783) View → Anglo-Spanish War View → Baton Rouge, Battle of View → Gulf Coast campaign View →

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Conflict View → Mayhem View → Government View →

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People: Alfonso IX of León
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