Existing comment:
Fuerte San Miguel:
During the last forty years of Spanish occupation in Pensacola, the military continued to build fortifications for defense. Fort George was renamed Fuerte San Miguel, the Queen's Redoubt to Fuerte San Bernardo, and Prince of Wales Redoubt to Fuerte Sombrero. Only San Bernardo was occupied. Consideration was given to abandoning the city in favor of an earlier site near the entrance to the bay. New fortifications were built at the harbor entrance. It was hoped that Pensacola's meager defenses could withstand a siege by Indian or European armies long enough for assistance to arrive from Havana. |