Revolutionary War Battlefield and Burial Ground at Spanish Fort (1780 - 1781)
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N 30° 39.539 W 087° 54.698
16R E 412660 N 3392164
Site of an interesting battle of the Revolutionary War, 1780-81.
Waymark Code: WMPBVQ
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 08/05/2015
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Text on the marker:
Revolutionary War Battlefield and Burial Ground at Spanish Fort (1780 - 1781)
During the Revolutionary War, France, Spain, Britain, and the United States were interested in the fate of this region. In March 1780, Spanish forces captured Mobile. They established a palisaded fort with trenches (about one mile north of here)to protect nearby Frenchtown, also known as The Village from British forces based in Pensacola. Early on the foggy Sunday morning of 7 January 1781, the British, under Colonel von Hanxleden attacked with about 200 German, Swiss, English, loyalist American troops and some 200 to 500 Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Creek Indians. The Spanish garrison, under Lt. Castro, included 190 Spanish, Irish, French, Cuban troops and units of New Orleans militia. Both side suffered heavy losses, but the Spanish retained the fort. This facilitated the Spanish capture of Pensacola in May 1781 and the expulsion of the British from the Gulf Coast.
Marker Name: Revolutionary War Battlefield and Burial Ground at Spanish Fort (1780 - 1781)
Marker Type: Urban
Addtional Information::
Located at the Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce tourism center.
Date Dedicated / Placed: Not listed
Marker Number: Not listed
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