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	Spanish Governors of Louisiana: Bernardo de Galvez
		Governor Bernardo de Galvez appoints Commandant Pierre Philippe de Marigny to parcel land on the bayou Terre-aux-Bouef Land of Oxen, in St.
		Galvez ruled that the Reggios court was not inferior to Miro’s as governor.
		de Pontalba wrote he was distinguished for the affability of his manners the sweetness of his temper, the frankness of his character, the kindness of his heart and his love of justice.
	www.enlou.com /people/galvezb-bio.htm (1042 words)

	AllRefer.com - Bernardo de GAlvez (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Bernardo de GAlvez[bernAr´thO dA gAl´vAth] Pronunciation Key, c.1746–1786, Spanish governor of Louisiana.
		In Spain (1783–84) he was richly rewarded for his services, being made count of GAlvez, lieutenant general of the royal armies, and captain general of Louisiana and the Floridas.
		He became, in addition, captain general of Cuba in 1784, and in 1785 succeeded his father, MatIas de GAlvez, as viceroy of New Spain (Mexico).
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/G/Galvez-B.html (315 words)

	Texas under New Spain
		A soldier of De León's command (probably Juan Bautista Chapa, a literate man who was secretary for the Monterrey Ayuntamiento in the late seventeenth century) was apparently moved to compassion at the sight of the massacre and wrote the oft quoted passage from a longer elegy:
		Bernardo Gálvez was promoted to Lieutenant and Captain because of combat service for Spain in Europe at the age of 16.
		Despite the consolidation and survival of San Antonio de Bexar, La Bahia and Nacogdoches and the rise of private Texas ranches and farms, the decline of the Texas mission system signaled the failure of the Spanish Church and State partnership to secure, colonize and develop Texas through peaceful means.
	www.tamu.edu /ccbn/dewitt/Spain.htm (7163 words)

	Who was Bernardo Galvez? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Governor Galvez aided the American Revolutionaries by allowing tons of badly needed supplies to be shipped up the Mississippi to patriot forces in the North.
		Bernardo de Gálvez was born on July 23, 1746, in Macharaviaya, a mountain village in the province of Málaga, Spain, the son of Matías and Josepha Madrid y Gallardo de Gálvez.
		The name Paso de Gálvez was given to a crossing on the Pecos River where Gálvez led his troops to victory in a fight with the Apaches.
	www.hispanicamericanheroesseries.com /who.php (1287 words)

	HISTORY OF GALVESTON
		Galvez sent Jose de Evia to chart the Gulf of Mexico from the Texas Coast to New Orleans, and on July 23, 1786 de Evia charted an area near the mouth of a river and named it Galveston Bay.
		Bernardo de Galvez died the same year, never setting foot on his namesake.
		The Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca was stranded on the Island living among the Karankawa for several years as a medicine man and slave.
	jrc4tx.tripod.com /id18.htm (1274 words)

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		Galvez and his troops arrived, inspired by their undefeated campaign against the British to find a surly American army and 3,000 French soldiers threatening mutiny for they had not been paid in 6-months.
		Galvez then turned over command of 12 regiments of battle-tested troops that had not lost a battle to the British, to George Washington for the Battle of Yorktown.
		The 4th of July, el Cuatro de Julio, belongs to the Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban and Spanish soldiers, sailors and Marines, the Black and Tan Battalions of General Bernardo Galvez as it does to anyone.
	www.laprensa-sandiego.org /archieve/july3/nary.htm (804 words)

	WASHINGTON’S SECOND FRONT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		For example, Galvez’ diary records that on the third of May the Spanish fired 534 shots and 186 shells at the British but only killed one and wounded two--not very cost effective!--so that it was necessary to trench even closer to reach the enemy with any accuracy.
		Galvez was quick to move into the breach, seizing what was left of the redoubt and opening fire at much closer range.
		We have honored Bernardo de Galvez’s victories with the placing of a bronze historical plaque at Ft. George in downtown Pensacola, dedicated to the 25 American Volunteers who served with him in 1781.
	www.flssar.org /cramer.html (2163 words)

	Louisiana Timeline: Year 1777
		Through the influence of his uncle Bernardo de Galvez is appointed provisional governor of Louisiana to succeed Gov. Unzaga of Louisiana.
		Bernardo de Galvez assumes the office of acting governor, beginning his duties on Feb. 1, 1777, when 29 years of age.
		De la Barre holds the office until the transfer of the territory to the United States in 1803.
	www.enlou.com /time/year1777.htm (664 words)

	Latino Leaders: The National Magazine of the Successful American Latino: Bernardo de Galvez 1748-1786: Spanish governor ...
		Born in Spain into an impoverished family in 1746, Galvez was a self-made leader who started his military career at age 23 commanding Spanish troops in the Southwest United States and Mexico against Apaches.
		Galvez commemorated it when he emblazoned the ship with the words Yo Solo ("I Alone") onto his family's coat of arms.
		Galvez died of an illness in 1786 at age 38 and was buried next to his father in a Mexico City church.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0PCH/is_4_4/ai_113053484 (615 words)

	Joseph A. Altsheler : The Free Rangers : Chapter XV. Before Bernardo Galvez
		Bernardo Galvez rose with punctilious courtesy and saluted Oliver Pollock, who introduced in turn the five, to every one of whom the Governor General gave a bow and a friendly word.
		Bernardo Galvez was sorely troubled and he looked from Alvarez to the five and then back again.
		Bernardo Galvez spoke to his secretary, who left the room, but returned in a few minutes with no less a personage than Lieutenant Diego Bernal, mincing, scrupulously dressed, but very alert of eye.
	www.classicreader.com /read.php/sid./bookid.1554/sec.15 (4757 words)

	Hotel Galvez
		Bernardos Restaurant is a popular attraction, serving Northern Italian and Gulf Coast cuisine.
		Full of enchantment and history, Hotel Galvez is renowned as the "Queen of the Gulf." The Great Storm of 1900, the nation's greatest national disaster, destroyed a vast portion of Galveston's commerce.
		In April of 1995, Hotel Galvez was purchased by George and Cynthia Mitchell, Galveston preservationists and developers, who have long been committed to restoring Galveston to a bustling year-round tourist destination.
	www.texasexplorer.net /HotelGalvez.htm (885 words)

	Gálvez, Bernardo de on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In Spain (1783-84) he was richly rewarded for his services, being made count of Gálvez, lieutenant general of the royal armies, and captain general of Louisiana and the Floridas.
		He became, in addition, captain general of Cuba in 1784, and in 1785 succeeded his father, Matías de Gálvez, as viceroy of New Spain (Mexico).
		Bernardo de Galvez 1748-1786: Spanish governor of Lousiana, scourge of the British and ally of American rebels.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/G/Galvez-B1.asp (364 words)

	NSSAR - Spain's Involvement
		Galvez knew that a formal declaration of war was soon to come.
		Unknown to Galvez at the time, Carlos, III had issued a proclamation on 29 August 1779, stating that the main objective of the Spanish troops in American was to drive the British out of the Gulf of Mexico and the Mississippi River.
		Galvez was promoted to Field Marshall and given command of all Spanish operations in America.
	www.sar.org /mxssar/spinvo-2.htm (1652 words)

	Role of General Bernando Galvez in the American Revolution
		Their bravery is well known and has been demonstrated time and again, dating back to the aid rendered by General Bernardo de Galvez during the American Revolution".
		Few Americans are aware that Bernardo de Galvez was the Spanish governor of the Louisiana territory that encompassed 13 of our present states.
		General Bernardo de Galvez and his contributions have been remembered even to this day with statues and even a city named in his honor, Galveston, Texas.
	www.thecajuns.com /galvezrw.htm (435 words)

	AmericanHeritage.com / Magazine
		This was doubly amazing because his uncle, José de Gálvez, was minister of the Indies, the most powerful post in the Spanish empire, and the governor’s father, Matias, was viceroy of New Spain.
		Her name was Felicie de St. Maxent d’Estrehan, a young widow “of surpassing loveliness” according to one possibly biased Louisiana historian.
		Unquestionably Bernardo de Gálvez was the right man in the right place at the right time—for the United States of America.
	www.americanheritage.com /articles/magazine/ah/1982/3/1982_3_30.shtml (5866 words)

	Online Book: Special History Report - The Colbert Raid
		De la Villebeuvre to Gálvez, Dec. 12, 1779, Papeles de Cuba, Legajo 107.
		De Villiers to Gálvez, July 11, 1781, in Spain in the Mississippi Valley, 1:429-31.
		While in the Chickasaw Nation, Lorginos’s foot became infected, and he was left to return to the post as soon as he could remount his horse.
	www.nps.gov /arpo/colbert/endnotes.htm (2013 words)

	José de Gálvez: Visitor General New Spain, 1765-1772
		José Bernardo de Gálvez Gallardo was born in Málaga, Spain, on January 2, 1720.
		He became acquainted in Madrid with the French ambassador, Marquis de Duras, who engaged him as an assistant in the prosecution of claims at the Spanish court.
		His influence advanced the fortunes of his brother, Matías de Gálvez, and of his nephew, Bernardo de Gálvez, both of whom became viceroys of New Spain during the 1780s.
	www.militarymuseum.org /Galvez.html (540 words)

	SOMOS PRIMOS: Spanish Patriots in the American Revolution
		Bernardo de Gálvez was waiting to invade Jamaica during that time with 10,000 troops at Guarico in Haiti.
		At the same time General Washington, Comte de Rochambeau, and the Marquis de Lafayette, who had already agreed to the plan, would encircle him on all sides with their respective troops and totally destroy him or oblige him to surrender." This was the ideal activity to accomplish the first part of their agreed plan.
		As de Grasse and his wife had rich sugar plantations in Haiti, de Grasse first tried to use these plantations as collateral in order to raise the money, but was only able to gain 50,000 livres that way.
	www.somosprimos.com /hough/hough.htm (16448 words)

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		Galvez had a very exciting and productive life---it ended at thirty-eight years of age while he was living in Mexico.
		Galvez even got involved in helping to draft the terms of the peace treaty and was cited by the American Congress for his aid during the conflict.
		May this statue of Bernardo de Galvez serve as a reminder that Spain offered the blood of her soldiers in the cause of American independence.” I don’t know that the site of this statue is one of the greater tourist stops in Washington but perhaps it should receive more attention---and thought---than it does.
	www.guidrynews.com /04Lang/33204Galvez.htm (1129 words)

	01Spanish Govenor Galvez protects Continental Congress Agent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In 1776, Bernardo de Galvez was appointed colonel of the
		From 1769-1771 de Galvez had fought the Apache in Texas as a young captain and had learned to respect them and to treat the Indians fairly rather than to oppress them.
		In 1777, de Galvez was appointed govenor of Louisana province.
	www.neta.com /~1stbooks/cont1.htm (349 words)

	The Patriot Resource: West Florida Campaign
		The Spanish support of the Americans in West Florida against the British was led by Don Bernardo de Gálvez, the Spanish governor of Louisiana.
		De Gálvez became acting governor of Louisiana on January 1, 1777, replacing Luis de Unzaga de Amézaga.
		He was appointed to the post by his uncle José de Gálvez, who was the Spanish minister to the Indies.
	www.patriotresource.com /history/westfla/overview.html (602 words)

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		Spanish Gen. Bernardo de Balvez leads his troops against the British at the Battle of Pensacola in 1781.
		Colonel Bernárdo de Gálvez Raises to the Defense of Colonist
		Bernardo de Gálvez immediately provided guns, gunpowder, food, medicine, to General Lee, second in command to George Washington.
	www.laprensa-sandiego.org /archieve/october06/war.htm (1215 words)

	Patriot Jean Roger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This militia, fought under the command of Benardo de Galvez, Governor of Spanish Louisiana.
		Throughout the years in which he sought solutions for Louisiana's domestic problems, Galvez was rendering important though unostentatious assistance to the patriots in the American Revolution.
		Much of Galvez' assistance was given before Spain had entered the war against England.
	grccsar.homestead.com /files/member/jeanroger.htm (773 words)

	Spain in the Revolution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Governor of Louisiana, Count Bernardo de Galvez, received orders to take back forts the Spanish had lost to the British in 1763.
		The attack on Pensacola in 1781 was on land and sea with Galvez Commander-in-Chief; however, Joseph Calvo de Irazabel led the fleet from Havana.
		Williams, Howard D. "Bernardo de Galvez and the Western Patriots." Revista de Historia de America, 65-66 (1968), pp.
	www.americanrevolution.org /hispanic.html (1842 words)

	Battle of Baton Rouge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Baton Rouge was decided on September 21, 1779 during the American Revolutionary War.
		Baton Rouge was the second British outpost to fall to Spanish arms during Bernardo de Gálvez' drive into British West Florida.
		Moving forward from Fort Bute, Gálvez arrived at Baton Rouge on September 20 and discovered a well-fortified town garrisoned by over 300 regulars.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Baton_Rouge (275 words)

	Latino Patriotism - Hispanic Contributions to America's Military
		Another such man was Bernardo de Galvez, a Spanish army officer and Governor of Louisiana in 1777.
		For his contribution, de Galvez has been memorialized on a U.S. stamp and a statue in Washington, D.C. and in his namesake city of Galveston, Texas.
		One of de Galvez's officers, Franciso de Miranda, also played an important role in the defeat of the British on the Mississippi and the capture of the port of Pensacola.
	www.lasculturas.com /aa/aa070400b.php (2472 words)

	A Guide to the Las Damas de Galvez Records, 1977-1996 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Las Damas de Galvez is a women's unit of equal status to the men's Order of Granaderos de Galvez.
		Las Damas de Galvez held monthly and later bimonthly meetings to discuss participation in community events, election of officers, attendance at annual national meetings, and where to make donations.
		However, surviving records do clearly portray the beginnings, purpose, and functions of Las Damas de Galvez, although details of their interaction with the men's unit, Granaderos de Galvez, are lacking.
	www.lib.utexas.edu /taro/utsa/00014/utsa-00014.html (585 words)

	Operations: Florida Theater
		"Bernardo de Galvez's Siege of Pensacola in 1781 (As Related in Robert Farmar's Journal)." Edited by James A. Padgett.
		"Bernardo de Gálvez's Combat Diary for the Battle of Pensacola, 1781." Edited by Maury Baker and Margaret Bissler Haas.
		Gold, Robert L. "Governor Bernardo de Gálvez and Spanish Espionage in Pensacola, 1777." In John F. McDermott, editor, The Spanish in the Mississippi Valley 1762-1784 (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1974), pp.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/reference/revbib/flo.htm (909 words)

	Cabildo Digest
		Galvez appoints Don Estevan Miro as Acting Civil and Military Governor during his absence.
		Is appointed Acting Governor of the Province by Galvez to act during the absence of Galvez in military service.
		A document is presented to the Cabildo by Miro containing a Royal Title establishing a Captaincy-General of the Province of Louisiana, Pensacola, Mobile, Apalache and other territory formerly occupied by the British (independent of the Island of Cuba and the Indies) and naming Galvez first Governor and Captain General.
	nutrias.org /~nopl/inv/digest/digest1782.htm (1017 words)

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