AN UNDERAPPRECIATED VICTORY: Bernardo de Galvez's Mississippi River Campaign Against the British in 1779

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Seeks to show how Galvez's Mississippi River campaign in 1779 during the American Revolutionary War was tremendously impactful -- not only did it secure the Spanish rear and permit the free flow of aid up the Mississippi River to the Americans, but it also paved the way for the Gulf of Mexico operations against Mobile and Pensacola. Details how Galvez overcame terrain and weather difficulties, logistical challenges, and British fortified positions, all with the knowledge that he had to strike swiftly and secretly before British superior forces converged on New Orleans.