Honorato del Castillo
Honorato del Castillo | |
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| Birth name | Honorato Andrés del Castillo y Cancio |
| Born | November 30, 1838 Sancti Spíritus, Las Villas, Captaincy General of Cuba, Spanish Empire |
| Died | July 20, 1869 Los Naranjos, Ciego de Ávila Province, Captaincy General of Cuba, Spanish Empire |
| Allegiance |  Cuba |
| Service/ | Cuban Liberation Army |
| Years of service | 1868-1869 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Battles/wars | |
Honorato del Castillo (November 30, 1838 - July 20, 1869) was a Cuban revolutionary and army general who played a key role in the Ten Years' War in Cuba.
Early life
[edit]Honorato Andrés del Castillo y Cancio was born in Sancti Spíritus, Las Villas, Spanish Cuba on November 30, 1838.[1]
Castillo studied and subsequently taught at the "El Salvador" school led by José de la Luz y Caballero. He was multilingual and graduated as a Doctor of Medicine before the war.[2]
Ten Years' War
[edit]Honorato del Castillo joined the war of independence against Spain following the Cry of Yara by Carlos Manuel de Céspedes on October 10, 1868.
On April 10, 1869, he served as a delegate of Sancti Spíritus at the Guáimaro constituent assembly. He was among the citizen deputies who voted for the Guáimaro Constitution.[3]
The Mambí brigadier commanded the Sancti Spíritus Brigade of the Cuban Liberation Army's 3rd Division, Army of Las Villas, under Maj. Gen. Federico Fernández Cavada.[4]
Death
[edit]Honorato del Castillo died on July 20, 1869, in Los Naranjos, near Morón, in the province of Ciego de Ávila, Cuba.[5] He fell victim to an ambush and was killed by Spanish forces under the command of Colonel Ramón del Portal.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Carbonell, N. (1928). Próceres, ensayos biográficos: lápices de Esteban Valderrama. Cuba: Montalvo y Cardenas.
- ^ Fernández, A. A. (2011). Mis Investigaciones...Y Algo Más: Obras Completas De Adalberto Afonso Fernández. (n.p.): Palibrio.
- ^ Correspondence Between the Department of State and the United States Minister at Madrid, and the Consular Representatives of the United States in the Island of Cuba: And Other Papers Relating to Cuban Affairs, Transmitted to the House of Representatives in Obedience to a Resolution. (1870). United States: U.S. Government Printing Office.
- ^ "Revista | Cuban Genealogical Society" (PDF). cubagenweb.org. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
- ^ Ferrer Carbonell, O. (2005). Néstor Leonelo Carbonell: como el grito del águila. Cuba: Editorial de Ciencias Sociales.
- ^ Provincia Ciego de Avila. (1978). Cuba: Editorial Oriente.
