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[[Image:JacksonPensacola1814`The Battle of Pensacola was one of the numerous battles fought as a result of the American Revolution.  In 1763, the British had taken control of Pensacola due to the French and Indian War final negotiations, also known as The Treaty of Paris.jpg|thumb|right|Jackson's forces invade The British Royal Navy feared attack for many years but did not face adversity until Spanish general, Don Bernardo de Galvez plotted his plan for the recapture of the city]]{{Otheruses4|in 1780. Bernardo and his Spanish army along with Andrew Jackson and American volunteers fought together to successfully seize the [[1814]] conflict|five British forts in Pensacola: Fort Conde (Fort Charlotte), Royal Navy Redoubt, Fort George, Queen’s Redoubt, and Prince of Wales Redoubt). Unable to defend themselves, the [[British surrendered. On May 10, 1781]] invasion that ended [[British rule]]|Siege , General John Campbell raised the white flag to the Spanish and American troops. Pensacola would remain in Spanish control for the next 40 years until American negotiations pushed the Spanish to renounce their control of Pensacola}}the city in 1819.The '''Battle of Pensacola''' is interesting in the fact itself that the there was a military engagement on the [[War an involvement of three different groups of 1812]] that took place on [[November 7]]peoples. The Americans, [[1814]]British, when American forces under General [[Andrew Jackson]] captured and Spanish were all contenders in this two-day battle. Pensacola, then was the Spanish capital of [[Third Spanish period|the western Florida and the BritishSpanish Pensacola Bay were in control of the town. Pensacola served as an important foothold on British power in West Florida]], . Andrew Jackson’s American forces intended to rid liberate the area of Spanish town from British influencegrasps. Knowing that The Americans had succeeded in freeing Pensacola from the British forces were using , which the Americans handed the town over to the Spanish West Florida , as a staging ground for their attacksinstructed by, at the time, Jackson established Secretary of State James Monroe. Amongst the three nationalities only a force at [[Mobile]] in August 1814 in preparation to march on total of twenty-two dead/wounded casualties became the victims of the Battle of Pensacola. They On November 6, 1814, Andrew Jackson arrived at the city on [[November 6]] and initiated communication Pensacola with the Spanish governoran army of 4, [[Mateo Gonzáles Manrique]]000 men. The first messenger Jackson sentan American messenger to offer peace to the Spanish, Major [[Henri Peire]], but was fired upon shot at by the garrison at [[Fort San Miguel]] despite Peire's white flag of trucewhich was Fort George when the British built it in 1778 on Gage Hill. garrison. Next Andrew Jackson then sent a Spanish prisoner Spaniard messenger to demand the fort bearing British evacuation of the same demand to surrenderforts. Mateo Manrique, insisting he was not making war on Spainthe Spanish governor, but Manrique refuseddenied this demand. As The following day, Jackson's forces advanced upon ordered 3,000 troops to attack the city . The troops attacked from an eastern beachfront to avoid being shot at by the [[November 7|next morning]], Manrique surrendered within minutes — though forts. The two armies met at the center of the commanders stalled for several hours in vain hope city. A line of British reinforcementinfantry was guarded by a Battery. Before Jackson could move on Americans pushed and took over the remaining British forces at [[Fort San Carlos de Barrancas]], they organized battery. Manrique then offered a hasty retreat surrender if America would spare the town. The town was surrendered on [[November 8]], blowing up 7.der if America would spare the harbor defenses as they evacuatedtown. The town was surrendered on November 7. Jackson's actions at The Battle of Pensacola were precarious was a very short lived battle. But the ending results for American diplomacy, the Americans and Secretary Spanish was a plus for both of State [[Wikipedia:James Monroe|James Monroe]] wrote with instructions them. The Americans handing over the land was important to "withdraw your troops from the Spanish Territory, declaring that you had entered it for because now the sole purpose of freeing it from Spanish may seek to help the British violation."<ref>David Stephen Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler. ''Old Hickory's War: Andrew Jackson and Americans in the Quest future battles for Empire''handing over the land. LSU Press, 2003It also benefits the Americans due to possible new allies or new land to possibly take over in some manner.</ref> Even before receiving this correspondence, Jackson had returned Although there were some deaths during the battle the city death toll was very little due to Manrique's control on [[November 9]], saying that the "enemy having disappeared overwhelming size of the American forces and the hostile creeks fled to fact that the Forest, I retire from your Town, and leave you again at liberty to occupy your FortBritish surrendered."<ref>Robert V. Remini. ''The Battle of New Orleans: Andrew only regret Jackson had from this battle was letting the British fleet escape because they could possibly head too Mobile for an attack and America's First Military Victory''. Penguinthey also, 2001.</ref> Jackson returned to Mobile on [[November 19]]somehow, and thence to [[Wikipedia:Battle of New Orleans|New Orleans]]destroyed Fort Barrancas. [[Category:Battles]]