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[[Image:Fort George.jpg|thumb|right|Reconstruction of Fort George]]
'''Fort George''' was a British fort at Pensacola, built in [[1778]] on [[Gage Hill]]. It was destroyed heavily damaged in [[1781]]'s [[Battle of Pensacola, 1781|Battle of Pensacola]], but a portion of the fort was reconstructed, and the site is maintained as a park by the [[City of Pensacola]].
The site was added to the [[Wikipedia:National Register of Historic Places|National Register of Historic Places]] on [[July 8]], [[1974]].
==Battle of Pensacola==
On [[March 9]], [[1781]], [[Bernardo de Gálvez]] began an [[Battle of Pensacola, 1781|amphibious siege]] of the British forces at Pensacola. The siege culminated on [[May 8]], when Spanish artillery fire caused the British powder magazine to explode. Spanish forces overran the remaining British contingent at Fort George and took Pensacola.
After taking Pensacola, the Spanish renamed the fort as '''Fort San Miguel'''.
==Reconstruction==
