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Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2015 7:57 PM
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Subject: Fwd: Gen. Bernardo de Galvez
A new book on Galvez will be published soon. It focuses on the support
received by the United States from Spain.
GÁLVEZ / SPAIN -- OUR FORGOTTEN ALLY IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR: A
CONCISE SUMMARY OF SPAIN'S ASSISTANCE,
by Judge Edward F. Butler, Sr.
Without Spanish assistance during the American Revolutionary War, we would
still be under the British flag.
Galvez was always one step ahead of the English:
He drove the English out of the lower Mississippi River by
defeating them at Manchac, Baton Rouge & Natchez.
His Spanish army and militia defeated the English at St.
Louis.
His Spanish army and militia captured the British fort with a
warehouse of weapons, food and supplies at Niles, Michigan.
He led the attacks on Mobile and Pensacola and drove the
British from the Gulf coast.
Spain provided as much if not more financial support as France during the
American Revolutionary War.
Spanish soldiers fought the English in Europe, Central America, South Africa
and India.
On one day the Spanish fleet captured 55 British ships, including 8 war
ships, taking over 2,500 crewmen as prisoners, & seized over 1,500,000
English Pounds value of the cargo on those ships.
For fear of an attack from Spain and France, England kept the bulk of its
army and naval fleet at home, diluting the strength of its forces in North
America.
Spanish merchants supplied the colonists with arms, ammunition and supplies
as early as 1774.
17,000 Spanish troops and sailors fought the English in North America during
the war; many more than those provided by France.
Available in 2015. Watch for it!
Never has a more important book been written that confirms what has been
silent in our American History books. Our students identify closely with
Mexico and now through Judge Butler's scholarly work, they can, as
Americans, be proud of their ancestors important role in the birth of our
beloved nation. Every student of American history can now know "the rest of
the story". Thank you Judge Butler for your passion and commitment to our
history and for making all of us with Spanish sir names proud.
Dr. Maria Hernandez Ferrier, President
Texas A&M University-San Antonio
Wonderful book! You have done a great, great service here. Thank you!
Lila Guzman, Ph.D., is the award-winning author of Lorenzo
and the Pirate (Blooming Tree Press), the 4th novel in the Lorenzo series
about Spanish participation in the American Revolution.
With this book, Judge Ed Butler tells the rest of the story that most
people never knew about the American Revolution.
Judge Robert H. Thonhoff, author, The Texas Connection With
the American Revolution.
The research and explanation provided in this book should leave no doubt in
anyone's mind as to the substantial aid, and the vast extent of that aid,
provided by Spain to the American colonists before and during the American
Revolution. A must read.
Joseph D. Perez, Governor General, Order of the Granaderos y
Damas de Galvez.
[S]hould be on the shelf of every school library.
and
There are many fine books of recent publication out on General Bernardo de
Gálvez, but, Gálvez/ Spain Our Forgotten Ally in the American Revolutionary
War is a tidy, quick-read, quick-reference book, handy to have on hand to
convince any sincere truth seeker, that in fact, the Spanish did play an
important, very major role in winning the American Revolution.
Mimi Lozano,
educator and activist for
Hispanic rights who co-founded the
Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research, and is
the editor and publisher of Somos Primos, an online monthly
publication dedicated to Hispanic heritage. She was named the 2006 Woman of
the Year by the
Costa Mesa, California Assembly.
This book is the first book written on the involvement of Spain in the
American Revolution that ties in all the intricate ingredients necessary to
understand the full scope of the War. It is superbly written and documented
and will no doubt find its way beside other notable authors such as Chavez,
Loya, Jackson and Chipman to mention a few. If there were one book that
should be listed as required reading for history majors, Galvez/ Spain - Our
Forgotten Ally In The American Revolutionary Way: A Concise Summary Of
Spain's Assistance should be that book.
Jack V. Cowan, Founder and President of The Texas Connection
To the American Revolution.
