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Juan Antonio Alvarez Cartagena was a Dominican military commander.
Biography
editA native of Santiago, he was an industrialist established in La Vega, where he lived and acted for a large part of his life. He participated in the Dominican War of Independence as a military leader of La Vega.
When the annexation to Spain bagan, he was an ardent supporter. However, when the Dominican Restoration War broke out, and the patriots undertook After the assault on that city, Álvarez joined the national cause. He traveled to Santiago, where he arrived same day September 14th in that the Provisional Government was installed under the presidency of Jose Antonio Salcedo, to transmit the report sent by Governor Manuel Mejía, according to which General Pedro Santana marched at the head of six thousand men to the reconquest by blood and s fire in the Cibao.[1]
Despite the misgivings of some restoration leaders and officials, Álvarez Cartagena was accepted into the national ranks. By letter of September 15, he was appointed deputy of Gregorio Luperón, with the purpose of taking advantage of the marked social influence and authority that he exercised over the inhabitants of his province, within whose limits General Luperón had to comply with the tough task of blocking the way for the until then undefeated general Pedro Santana. Álvarez Cartagena was then promoted to general. Under the argument that a more dignified and stronger authority than that of Governor Manuel Mejía was needed, Luperón removed Mejía from office and appointed Álvarez Cartagena in his place. This provision was flatly rejected by the government, which, in accordance with an official letter dated September 23, 1863, restored Mejía, who has the merit of having been the protagonist in La Vega of the change of flag, while Mr. Cartagena, when saying goodbye to General Roca, offered him again and again to sacrifice himself for Spain. As a result of this measure, Álvarez Cartagena was sent as Delegate of the Restoration Government in the South and East.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Mejía, Rafael Chaljub (2007). Diccionario Biográfico de los Restauradores de la República [Biographical Dictionary of the Restorers of the Republic] (in Spanish). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. p. 33. ISBN 9789945859126.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Mejía, Rafael Chaljub (2007). Diccionario Biográfico de los Restauradores de la República [Biographical Dictionary of the Restorers of the Republic] (in Spanish). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. p. 34. ISBN 9789945859126.
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