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MIRAMON, MIGUEL (1832-1867)

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MIRAMON, MIGUEL (1832-1867)

MIRAMON, See also:
MIGUEL, MARIA EVARIST (1802–1866)
MIGUEL (1832-1867) , Mexican soldier of See also:

French extraction, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in the See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

Mexico, on the 29th of See also:

SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1832, and shot with the See also:

EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

Emperor See also:

Maximilian at See also:

QUERETARO

Queretaro on the 19th of See also:

JUNE

June 1867. While still a student he helped to defend the military See also:

academy at Chapultepec against the forces of the See also:

UNITED

United States; and, entering the See also:

army in 1852, he rapidly came to the front during the See also:

CIVIL

civil See also:

WARS

wars. It was largely due to Miramon's support of the ecclesiastical party against See also:

Alvarez and See also:

COMONFORT, IGNACIO (1812–1.863)

Comonfort that See also:

ZULOAGA, IGNACIO (1870— )

Zuloaga was raised to the See also:

PRESIDENCY

presidency; and in 1859 he was called to succeed him in that See also:

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office. Decisively beaten by the Liberals in 186o, he spent some See also:

time in See also:

EUROPE

Europe advocating, See also:

FOREIGN

foreign intervention in Mexican affairs; and returned as a See also:

PARTISAN, or PARTIZAN

partisan of Maximilian. His ability as a soldier was shown by his See also:

double See also:

defence of See also:

Puebla in 1856.

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