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Fort San Carlos, erected in 1780 near this spot, was attacked on May 28, 1780 by British and Indian forces and successfully defended by the Spanish garrison under Capt Fernando de Leyba. This victory prevented Great Britain from gaining control of the Mississippi Valley in the later years of the American Revolutionary War.
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