Title Bernardo de Gálvez : Spanish hero of the American Revolution / Gonzalo M. Quintero Saravia

Published Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource Contents Early years -- New Spain: fighting the Apache -- Learning to be an officer and tasting defeat -- Arrival in Louisiana and preparations for war -- Bernardo de Gálvez takes the initiative -- His finest hour: Pensacola, "I alone" -- Objectives: Jamaica, return to Europe, Cuba -- Viceroy of New Spain Summary Although Spain was never a formal ally of the United States during the American Revolution, its entry into the war tipped the balance against Britain. Led by Bernardo de Gálvez, supreme commander of the Spanish forces in North America, Spanish military campaigns against British settlements on the Mississippi River, and later against Mobile and Pensacola, were crucial in preventing Britain from concentrating all its North American military and naval forces on the fight against George Washington's Continental Army. This comprehensive biography of Gálvez (1746-86) examines in detail the commander's considerable historical impact and expands our understanding of Spain's contribution to the war Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 07, 2018) Subject Gálvez, Bernardo de, 1746-1786. SUBJECT Gálvez, Bernardo de, 1746-1786 Gálvez, Bernardo de, 1746-1786 fast Subject Viceroys -- New Spain -- Biography Soldiers -- Spain -- Biography HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. Military participation -- Spanish Soldiers Spanish colonies Viceroys SUBJECT Pensacola (Fla.) -- History -- Siege, 1781. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95002061 United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Participation, Spanish Spain -- Colonies -- North America -- History -- 18th century Spain -- Colonies -- History -- 18th century Subject Florida -- Pensacola New Spain North America Spain United States Genre/Form Biographies History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781469640808 1469640805 9781469640815 1469640813

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