Enrique Collazo (general)
Enrique Collazo | |
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| Birth name | Enrique Collazo y Tejada |
| Born | May 28, 1848 Santiago de Cuba, Cuba |
| Died | March 13, 1925 Havana, Cuba |
| Allegiance |  Republic of Cuba |
| Service/ | Cuban Liberation Army |
| Rank | General |
| Battles/wars | Ten Years' War Cuban War of Independence Spanish-American War |
Enrique Collazo (May 28 1848 - March 13, 1925)[1] was a Cuban-born writer, former army general, and distinguished veteran of the Ten Years' War and War of Independence.[2]
Early history[edit]
Enrique Collazo y Tejada was born in Santiago de Cuba on May 28, 1848.[3] His brother was Tomás Collazo Tejada.[4]
During his early years, Collazo lived in Spain and attended the Academia de Artilleria of Segovia, a Spanish military academy from which he graduated in 1866.[5]
Ten Years' War[edit]
He left Spain in 1869 to join the Cuban uprising which became the first war of independence, the Ten Years' War.[6] Collazo was a troop commander in the Cuban Liberation Army.[7] He became Máximo Gómez's adjutant and reached the rank of colonel.
The Necessary War[edit]
Collazo, along with José Martí and General Máximo Gómez, signed the orders to commence the revolution. General Collazo led insurgent forces in the 1895 War of Independence.[8]
In 1898, he was appointed a brigadier general of the Mayarí brigade in the Cuban Liberation Army.[9]
Spanish–American War[edit]
Collazo was a member of the staff of the late General Calixto García and his trusted aide.[10] Preceding the outbreak of the Spanish–American War, he escorted U.S. Army lieutenant Andrew S. Rowan on his mission to Cuba to deliver a message to General García. Collazo also accompanied him on his return to the U.S.[11]
Politics[edit]
Collazo was elected in 1909 to represent the Havana district in the Cuban House of Representatives, where he served until 1911.[12]
Death[edit]
Enrique Collazo y Tejada died in Havana, Cuba on March 13, 1925.[13]
References[edit]
- ^ Chao, R. E. (2009). Baraguá: Insurgents and Exiles in Cuba and New York During the Ten Year War on Independence (1868-1878). United States: Dupont Circle Editions.
- ^ Cuba: A Short History (Cambridge History of Latin America). (1993). United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Collazo, E. (1981). Cuba independiente. United States: Editorial Oriente.
- ^ The Chicago Chronicle. (July 7, 1895). Cuba. Collazo's Expedition Plans.; 1895. Newspapers.com. Retrieved June 2, 2024, from https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-chicago-chronicle-cuba-collazos-ex/148542541/
- ^ Scientific American. (1896). United States: Scientific American, Incorporated.
- ^ Kapcia, A. (2022). Historical Dictionary of Cuba. United States: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
- ^ Dyal, D. H. (1996). Historical Dictionary of the Spanish American War. United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Publishing.
- ^ NA, N. (2019). General History of the Caribbean UNESCO Volume 6: Methodology and Historiography of the Caribbean. United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan US.
- ^ Berner, B. K. (1998). The Spanish-American War: A Historical Dictionary. United Kingdom: Scarecrow Press.
- ^ The News and Advance. (June 23, 1899). A Diatribe from General Enrique Collazo; 1899. Newspapers.com. Retrieved June 1, 2024, from https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-and-advance-a-diatribe-from-gen/148515937/
- ^ McClure's Magazine. (1898). United States: S. S. McClure, Limited.
- ^ "Enrique Collazo, el cronista de las guerras de independencia". cubanet.org. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 2024-06-02.
- ^ Tucker, S. (2009). The Encyclopedia of the Spanish-American and Philippine-American Wars: A Political, Social, and Military History. United States: ABC-CLIO.