Manuel Mejía
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Manuel Mejía (1805 – 1887) was a Dominican military leader. He was a soldier in the Dominican Republic’s war of liberation from Haiti and Spain.
Early life
[edit]He was born in La Vega in 1805. He was a soldier of the fight for independence from Haiti in which he reached the rank of brigadier general.[1]
Restoration War
[edit]He admitted the annexation, like many other men at arms, but when the Dominican Restoration War began In August 1863, Mejía, who served as provincial governor, stood on the side of the patriotic cause, was among the organizers of the uprising of the August 31 that ended with the liberation of the entire province and the flight to the Capital of the military chief in the service of Spain, General Esteban Roca. Before escaping, that general annexationist had ordered two Dominican officers to be bayoneted to death and ordered that Mejía left him tied up in the prison.[2]
When General Gregorio Luperón was appointed Chief of Operations on the Eastern Line and in the of the South, one of its measures was remove Mejía from his position Governor, September 15, 1863, under the concept that, upon the news that General Pedro Santana was preparing to march on the Cibao, and in the face of the doubts and hesitations that spread among the troops and the population, a more dignified authority was needed there. The government rejected Luperón's measure and on September 25, 1863, confirmed General Mejía in his position as Governor, while recognizing that although for his age and his temperament this was not the optimal man for that function, it was preferable to keep him in office due to the widespread appreciation that he enjoyed among the residents of that district, accustomed to being commanded by the old general Mejía's replacement shortly after. In 1865, already under the administration of General Pedro Antonio Pimentel, Mejía returned to occupy the governorate of La Vega until the end of the national war.[3]
Death
[edit]Once the independence from Spain was regained, General Mejía had a very discreet political participation and died in the rural town of Santo Cerro, in 1887. He was 82 years old.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[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. pp. 199–200. 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. 200. 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. 200. 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. 200. ISBN 9789945859126.
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