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 | |||||||||
![]() ![]() | Creek | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Strength | |||||||||
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 | |||||||||
95 killed 202 wounded[7][1] |
155 killed 105 wounded 1,113 captured[7][1] 2 sloops captured | ||||||||
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]