War of Louisianan Independence (Louisiana Revolution)

The War of Louisianan Independence, or Louisianan Revolution was a conflict between the New Spanish military and the Louisianan Colonial Army taking place from 1763 to 1770. During the war, Louisiana defeated the Spanish and gained independence from their new Spanish rulers. Upon the start of the war, Marquis de Vaudreuil was crowned king of Louisiana.

The war began when France lost the Fourth Intercontinental War and was forced to give Louisiana to Spain. The Louisianans were unhappy with the change in leadership and the whole nation was moved to fight the superior Spanish military. Spain could fight a conventional war, but it could not fight a war against over a million people working together against them, especially since the military involved was strictly colonial.

El Dorado Campaign
War broke out on April 2, 1763 when Spanish soldiers marched into southeast Louisiana to occupy the new territory. With the generals from the Fourth Intercontinental War still not returning to the most urban area of the territory, the Louisianans were left to fend for themselves. They retrieved weapons from their factories and stockpiles and began ambushing Spanish soldiers in El Dorado. The Spanish commanding officer, Charles II was killed in the attack, and the Spanish struggled to organize themselves as word was sent to other commanders on both sides. The Louisianan makeshift army then marched south toward Shreveport on August 4, where they engaged the Spanish and pushed them back against a large river that ran through the city.

The New Spanish were in danger of being split between New Orleans and northern areas, so they moved to capture Alexandria on November 12, splitting up the forces of the Louisianans. The ones trapped in the south were captured or killed. Finally, on January 8, 1764, Chevalier de Lévis reached the northern front after recovering from the small pox north at Saint-Pierre. He led the Louisianans to a second victory at El Dorado and then moved southeast to Winnfield where he completed the "semi-encirclement" of the New Spanish remaining in Many and De Ridder. On July 17, he moved against the latter, dislodging the Spanish from their placements there and paved the way for an invasion from the north, which came on August 5. Once the city was won, forces converged on Many from three directions, fully removing the Spanish from the western half of the nation.

The Rocky Mountain Campaign
Word reached de Lévis on March 6, 1965 of an attack in the Rocky Mountains. He decided he would have to abandon the south for now, as he had no fellow generals to send north. When he reached the Rockies, he found that the Spanish were moving through Pikes Peak, and his men had to scale the mountain while engaging the Spanish. The Battle of Pikes Peak lasted 2 years and claimed thousands of lives.

Next, with his tattered forces, de Lévis was forced to cut off a second advance at Longs Peak even farther to the north. This battle went similarly to the first, and de Lévis was able to chase the Spanish down the mountain after heavy losses and over a year.