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COMMANDER // 1762–1814

Hermenegildo Galeana

generalMexico6 battles1 war

Lifespan

1762 – 1814

17701780179018001810Mexican War of Independence · 1800-1821Battle of Escamela — May 28, 1812 · Mexican Rebels · Mexican War of IndependenceBattle of Tecualoya — January 17, 1812 · Mexican Rebels · Mexican War of IndependenceBattle of Zitlala — June 4, 1812 · Mexican Rebels · Mexican War of IndependenceCapture of Oaxaca — November 25, 1812 · Mexican Insurgents · Mexican War of IndependenceCapture of Orizaba — October 28, 1812 · Mexican Rebels · Mexican War of IndependenceBattle of Lomas de Santa María — December 23, 1813 · Mexican Rebels · Mexican War of Independence

Active service 1812–1813 — 6 battles across 1 war; first command at age 50.

Profile

Hermenegildo Galeana was a hero of the Mexican War of Independence, one of six brothers who fought in the insurgency. Galeana was considered the right-hand man of secular priest and leader of independence, José María Morelos and was the immediate superior of insurgent fighter Vicente Guerrero. Galeana's family were landholders and "family name is said to be hispanicized from English", with the founder in Mexico being an English pirate who jumped ship, marrying a local woman. His portrait shows him as light-complected in a region with many dark morenos. Galeana died in battle, which followed the earlier death of Morelos's lieutenant, Father Mariano Matamoros, Morelos reportedly exclaimed, "I have lost both my arms, now I am nothing."

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Battles (6)

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