Spanish Participants 1778-1783
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People under Spanish dominion who provided civil and military support
for the U.S. War for Independence between the time that Spain
declared war on Great Britain and the peace treaty ending the war
are accepted as patriot ancestors for the purpose of joining the
Sons of the American Revolution (SAR).
ArizonaArizona was controlled by Spain during the American Revolution, when about 100 soldiers were assigned to Tucson and Tubac.See the reference list below. |
CaliforniaCalifornia was controlled by Spain during the American Revolution, when about 300 soldiers were assigned to the presidios of Loreto, Monterey, Santa Bárbara, San Diégo, and San Francisco. Others were stationed at Los Angeles, San Buenaventura, and San Juan Bautista.Spanish Soldiers in California by Granville Hough (California Society SAR) -- a list of 250 soldiers published in Somos Primos (1998). See also the reference list below. |
LouisianaDuring the forty years from 1763 (when the French and Indian War ended and Canada was ceded to Great Britain) to 1803 (when the United States purchased the Louisiana territory from France) about 4,000 French settlers fled Canada to settle near New Orleans (which was under Spanish control during most of this time).In 1776 Spanish Louisiana extended from Texas to Florida and up into Georgia. During the American Revolution Spain joined the battle against England and ordered the Governor of Louisiana, Bernardo de Gálvez, to take action. He assembled and led forces that defeated the British at Baton Rouge (LA), Mobile (AL), Pensacola (FL), and St. Louis (MO) -- as well as providing guidance and support for military actions at Fort St. Joseph (Michigan). These forced Great Britain to redeploy military force and to expend munitions and money on a global war rather than use them against U.S. forces. These victories opened the Mississippi River as a supply line for money and military goods from France and Spain, ultimately leading to Great Britain ceding to the U.S. (at the end of the war) the British territory between the Appalachians and the Mississippi River (except the land retained by Spain).
Print Resources ================================= Galvez and Other Louisiana Patriots, by Leroy E. Willie (Louisiana Society SAR) describes Louisiana's participation in the Revolutionary War, with illustrations, maps, and a list of over 1,900 names of Acadian, French, German, and Spanish settlers who served with Galvez against the British in 1779. German Ancestors and Patriots of Louisiana 1722-1803, by Leroy E. Willie (Louisiana Society SAR) lists the German pioneers in Louisiana, noting those who joined Galvez to defeat the British. Louisiana Soldiers In The American Revolution, by Winston De Ville (Smith Books, Ville Platte LA, 1991) Settlers of Cabanocey and La Fourche in the Spanish Province of Louisiana during the American Revolution, by Winston De Ville (Smith Books, Ville Platte, LA, 1993) The Natchez District and the American Revolution, by Robert V. Haynes (1976) Honor and Fidelity: The Louisiana Infantry Regiment and The Louisiana Militia Companies, 1766-1821, by Jack D. L. Holmes (Birmingham, 1965) See also the reference list below. |
New MexicoNew Mexico was controlled by Spain during the American Revolution, when about 600 soldiers and militia were assigned to the presidios of Santa Fé, El Paso (then San Elizario), Carrizal, Buenavista, and Janos.See the reference list below. |
TexasTexas was controlled by Spain during the American Revolution, when about 200 soldiers were assigned to the presidios of La Bahía and San Antonio. Missions at San Antonio and others supplied beef for Galvez' army.See the reference list below. |
SpainWe plan to list or to link to the lists of Spanish soldiers and sailors during 1779-1783. Recommendations for sources of such information are welcome. |
Multi-state On-line Rosters of Spanish Participants Lists of Spanish Soldiers
[South Costal Chapter, California Society SAR]
who manned the Presidios (Spanish forts) of
-- AZ: Tucson. -- CA: Loreto, Monterey, Santa Barbara, San Diego, San Francisco -- NM: Santa Fe -- TX: El Paso, Bexar, Goliad -- Mexico: Horcasitas -- Panama: San Blas ( Spanish sailors)
Multi-state Print Resources ========================= Spain's XXX Patriots in its 1779-1783 War with England
during the American Revolution is a series of books
by Granville W. Hough and N.C. Hough
(Soc. of Hispanic & Ancestral Search Press, Midway City CA),
where XXX represents any of the following:
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