Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Bernardo de Gálvez

Battles of Bernardo de Gálvez

Spanish colonial administrator (1746-1786)

Bernardo de Gálvez is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1779 and 1781: 2 battles and 2 sieges, all in present-day United States. Taken in date order, the sites lie 397 km apart end to end, 132 km between engagements on average. Most belong to American Revolutionary War (4).

Battle of Baton RougeCapture of Fort ButeBattle of Fort CharlotteSiege of PensacolaBattle of Baton RougeCapture of Fort ButeBattle of Fort CharlotteSiege of PensacolaNew OrleansLafayetteBiloxiGulfportHoumaHattiesburgNatchezMetairieSlidellNew Iberia200 km30.526N, 89.217W
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1779: 2 engagements2 in 17791780: 1 engagements1781: 1 engagements17791781
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Baton Rouge, 1779Capture of Fort Bute, 1779Battle of Fort Charlotte, 1780Siege of Pensacola, 178117791781
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1779Battle of Baton RougeBaton Rouge, Louisiana, United StatesSpanish victory
7 September 1779Capture of Fort ButeEast Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States14 km SSpanish victory
1780Battle of Fort CharlotteMobile, Alabama, United States299 km ESpanish victory
9 May 1781Siege of PensacolaPensacola, Florida, United States84 km SEFranco-Spanish victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, José Germán de Alfaro, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.