Very few Spaniards know the historical figure of Bernardo de Gálvez, even ignoring the name of this character, despite being the most important Spanish general of the eighteenth century. An unbeaten Malaga who was the terror of the English and whose victories and political action, not only helped but propitiated the independence of the United States; country for which Bernardo de Gálvez is a national hero, whose portrait adorns the US Congress, and which has been recognized by President Obama as the United States’ Citizen of Honor.

I.- Family history and first Bernardo campaigns. II.- Louisiana: Preparing the war. III.- The military campaigns of 1779 in Lower Mississippi. IV.- The Spanish military campaigns in 1780. V.- The taking of Pensacola. VI.- The Bahamas and La Paz (1781-1783) VII.- Bernardo de Gálvez Vierry of Mexico. VIII.- Conclusion.