Battle of Baton Rouge (1779)

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battle event of the American Revolutionary War military engagement

The Battle of Baton Rouge (1779) was an American Revolutionary War–era engagement in which Spanish forces under Bernardo de Gálvez captured the British-held fort at Baton Rouge, securing control of the lower Mississippi River.

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Label	Occurrences
Battle of Baton Rouge (1779) canonical	1
Capture of Baton Rouge (1779)	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ event of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Siege of Baton Rouge (1779) NERFINISHED ⓘ
artilleryUsed	Spanish siege artillery ⓘ
attackingForce	Spanish regulars, militia, and allied forces ⓘ
belligerent	Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ Spain ⓘ
campaign	Bernardo de Gálvez’s Mississippi River campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
combatantCommanderFor	Alexander Dickson NERFINISHED ⓘ Bernardo de Gálvez NERFINISHED ⓘ
commander	Alexander Dickson NERFINISHED ⓘ Bernardo de Gálvez NERFINISHED ⓘ
commemoratedIn	historical markers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana ⓘ
conflict	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
countryAtTime	British West Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ
date	1779-09-21 ⓘ
followedBy	Siege of Mobile (1780) NERFINISHED ⓘ
fortificationInvolved	Fort New Richmond NERFINISHED ⓘ
garrison	British regulars and Loyalist militia ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late 18th century ⓘ
involvedNation	Kingdom of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Baton Rouge, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Lower Mississippi River region NERFINISHED ⓘ
objective	capture of the British fort at Baton Rouge ⓘ control of the lower Mississippi River ⓘ
outcome	British forces evacuated Fort Panmure at Natchez under capitulation terms ⓘ British garrison at Baton Rouge surrendered ⓘ Spanish secured control of the lower Mississippi River ⓘ
partOf	Gulf Coast campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish operations in the American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of Fort Bute NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Gulf Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	Spanish victory ⓘ
side	British forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish forces ⓘ
significance	secured Spanish control of the Mississippi River corridor ⓘ supported the American cause against Britain ⓘ weakened British control of the Gulf Coast ⓘ
territorialChange	Spain gained control of Baton Rouge ⓘ Spain gained control of British West Florida posts on the Mississippi River ⓘ
theater	Western theater of the American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfWarfare	siege warfare ⓘ
year	1779 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anglo-Spanish War (1779–1783) → hasBattle → Battle of Baton Rouge (1779) ⓘ

Siege of Pensacola (1781) → precededBy → Battle of Baton Rouge (1779) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Capture of Baton Rouge (1779)