Tomás Mejía
Tomás Mejía (born September 17, 1820 in Pinal de Amoles , Querétaro, † June 19, 1867 in Santiago de Querétaro ) was a Mexican general .
The Indian-born Mejía already served in the American-Mexican War . From 1862 he fought against the republican troops on the side of the French and later also on the side of Emperor Maximilian . In early 1867 he was surrounded by troops of President Benito Juarez near Querétaro , about 190 km north of Mexico City, and after 72 days of siege he was captured on May 15, 1867. Tomás Mejía, together with Emperor Maximilian and General Miguel Miramón on June 19, 1867 shot .
Military training
He began his military service in 1841 under the influence of two people who met in Jalpan : General José Urrea, who passed on his knowledge of the cavalry , and the young military man Juan Cano, who had studied in Paris to become a military engineer and that of President Anastasio Bustamante had been sent to the Sierra Gorda to pacify the region. There he met Mejía know and offered him the rank of ensign , since he had a broad knowledge of horses and was an experienced trainer and rider. He fought against the Apache tribes who fought on the northern border of Mexico, in the state of Chihuahua , on the border with the United States , in the years 1842 to 1845, for which he received the rank of captain .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ K. Aaron van Oosterhout: Confraternities and Popular Conservatism on the Frontier: Mexico's Sierra del Nayarit in the Nineteenth Century . In: The Americas . tape 71 , no. 1 , July 2014, ISSN 0003-1615 , p. 101–130 , doi : 10.1353 / tam.2014.0092 ( cambridge.org [accessed April 7, 2020]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mejía, Tomás |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 17, 1820 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pinal de Amoles , Querétaro |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 19, 1867 |
| Place of death | Santiago de Querétaro |