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::::Sure, that's fine with me. (Even though I'm confident it was the Queen's Redoubt. :) ) <span style="font-family:Georgia, serif; color:#cccccc;">— '''''[[User:Admin|admin]]''''' • '''''[[User_talk:Admin|talk]]''''' </span> 18:03, 27 March 2009 (CDT)
==Royal Artillery==
Hi, have just read your blog, the magazine that was hit was definitely in the Queens Redoubt. The reason I know this is that I am a Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery and my unit was in the redoubt at the time. It is also mentioned in the Regimental history of the 16th Regiment of Foot and the Kings Royal Rifle Corps (60th of Foot) History. I have been at the Royal Artillery Archives in Woowich, London and the National Archives in Kew, London researching our unit history where again it is mentioned in various documents. Chris
:Chris: Thanks, that's great information! <span style="font-variant:small-caps; vertical-align:5%; font-family: Georgia,serif; color:#cccccc;">— '''[[User:Dscosson|dscosson]]''' • '''[[User talk:Dcosson|talk]]''' </span> 15:34, 8 June 2009 (CDT)
::Do any of you have much in the way of source material, in particular anything refering to 7 (Johnstones) Company, 4th Battalion Royal Artillery? Chris :::Hi Chris. The January 1966 issue of the ''Florida Historical Quarterly'' has an article called "The Siege of Pensacola: An Order of Battle" by Albert W. Haarmann that lists the number of British prisoners taken by Spain from the following corps::::*General staff, commissaries, etc.: 69:::*British 16th Regiment of Foot: 110:::*British 3rd Battalion, 60th (Royal Americans) Regiment of Foot: 133:::*British Royal Artillery: 36:::*British Royal Navy & related services: 246:::*German 3rd Regiment of Waldeck: 303:::*Provincial Pennsylvania Loyalists: 62:::*Provincial Maryland Loyalists: 135:::*Provincial Cavalry: 19:::*Total: 1,113:::There's no specific mention of the battalion, but it gives as its source ''"a report by Bernardo de Galvez, Pensacola, May 26, 1781, in the Archivo General de Simancas, Guerra, Legajo 6913, Document No. 64. A photostat copy of this document is in the manuscripts division, Library of Congress."'' Maybe that would have more detailed info? Hope this helps; it's all I can find at this moment. Please let us know any details or other interesting information you discover. Cheers! <span style="font-family:Georgia, serif; color:#cccccc;">— '''''[[User:Admin|admin]]''''' • '''''[[User_talk:Admin|talk]]''''' </span> 16:49, 9 June 2009 (CDT)
