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|built=[[1779]]
|builder=General [[John Campbell]]
|materials=Logs & Timber logs, sand, some bricksearth|size=80 yards square
|used=1779-1781
|demolished=[[May 8]], [[1781]]
|controlledby=Britain
|armament=20 embrasured guns on parapetFive cannons (originally four)
|garrison=1100 men between three Gage Hill forts
|currentcommander=
|mapcode=
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The '''Queen's Redoubt''' was a [[British Pensacola|British]] fortification located on [[Gage Hill]] that served as one of two advanced [[Wikipedia:Redoubt|redoubts]] to [[Fort George]]. (The [[Prince of Wales Redoubt]] was the other.) It was located about 600 yards north of Fort George, near the modern-day intersection of [[Spring Street|Spring]] and [[Brainerd Street]]s, and consisted of a parapet surrounded by a protective ditch. The side facing Fort George was stockaded.
[[Image:Spanish troops at Pensacola.jpg|thumb|left|Spanish grenadiers and Havana militia pour into the breached British redoubt]]
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==References==
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*James C. and Irene S. Coleman. ''Guardians on the Gulf: Pensacola Fortifications, 1698-1980''. Pensacola Historical Society, 1982.
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[[Category:Forts]]
