[Fiji Hill]

Captain General Bernardo Vicente de Gálvez y Madrid, the governor of Louisiana, is probably not a household name in the US, but he played a vital role in the War of the American Revolution. Spanish forces under his command drove the British out of Louisiana and captured Mobile in 1780. In 1781, his troops won the decisive Battle of Pensacola, which drove the British out of Florida and eliminated a potential British threat to the the southern flank of the Americans fighting to the north.

Galveston, Texas and Galvez, La. are named in honor of Gálvez.

[yarddog]

I was doing research on my paternal ancestors in Georgia around 1994. One type of record which was well preserved was Revolutionary War Veterans requests for pensions. They were required to provide such info as one would expect.

One thing was what battles campaigns etc. they participated in. I noticed a really large number had listed “The Florida Campaign” as if everyone knew what that was. I have never heard of it in the history books but it must have been fairly well known back then.