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It places him in the rank of the most illustrious sons of this
Chilean homeland, to whose glory and whose prosperity he consecrated all the intelligence of a privileged head and all the integrity and all the activity of a great character. In life Vergara deserved the affection of his fellow citizens
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From his own experience, he had known how difficult it is to achieve an ideal, even one of self-denial and sacrifice. He had taken up arms in his mature age, in the age of selfishness and calculation, to set an example of what can be done when deep and pure love of the
Homeland is kept in his chest.
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Vergara organized the expedition to Lima from Arica. He installed a dock and on the day of departure he watched each and every movement. His gaze, a mixture of pride and satisfaction, saw the launch of the boats with the food, luggage, ammunition, fodder, etc., of the 8,800 men who would define the
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Due to the head of the northern army, Justo
Arteaga not accepting advice from anyone except his sons, Vergara spent his time studying the area and deducing a plan of operations. His plan was recognized by Domingo Santa María as the only reliable one. 357 He also warned Vergara to the government of
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December 24, 1874, presented to the mayor of Valparaiso on the train project of the population of Viña del Mar and on 29 February 1875, the project was approved and the respective founding decree was issued. On 1875, Vergara donated the land for the construction of two schools, a chapel, a
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bosses and the inactivity that characterizes
Minister Sotomayor, who still remains in his post. I am leaving for the Army on the 31st of this month, to take my post as Secretary General, bearing instructions from the Government and all its confidence regarding the operations to be undertaken.
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Mercurio, La Patria and El Coquimbo, all the other newspapers gave me harsh denouncements when not vile slander. Wounded, but enduring like a Spartan so as not to reveal the pain of the sore, I spent a whole month busy with business and field
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occurred which was a disaster for the
Chilean army and the subsequent request of Minister Sotomayor to Vergara to embark on Chile for the responsibility, which according to the army and public opinion, concerned him. For that matter, Gonzalo Bulnes quote from a personal page Vergara: 8
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writer of powerful literary temperament, from the finest sensitivity to the most impetuous push of the will. And his was a true brain breadth, the antithesis of the charlatan, good for everything and good for nothing.
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locomotives in operation that allowed the disembarked army to survive the time necessary to establish the supply by its own means. During the exploration, his detachment defeated an allied cavalry column in the
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lack of planning and decision making in the military command, i.e. Arteaga, what motivated the government to send Domingo Santa Maria north to analyze the situation and ensure the prompt mobilization of the
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slaughterhouse and a hospital. The foundation of the city of Viña del Mar was in the lower part of the estate of the area, in which Vergara administered since the death of his in-laws in 1873.
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The appointment of Don José F. Vergara as Minister of War has caused the effect of a bomb explosion on the Army and has profoundly disturbed the tranquility that we were enjoying.
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and Dolores Pérez Flores. They had two children, Salvador married to Blanca Vicuña Subercaseaux; and Blanca married to Guillermo Errázuriz Urmeneta.
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of whom he succeed, but the president changed his opinion due to Vergara's opinions on electoral freedom and his helped nominate future president
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454:(1833-1889) was a Chilean politician, war hero, cavalry commander, presidential candidate, engineer and journalist who was notable for founding
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took place, in which Vergara imposed his strategic criteria on that of Colonel
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920:"10 de Octubre de 1833 – Escuela Libertador Cap. Gral. Bernardo O'Higgins R."
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He married on August 8, 1859, with Mercedes Alvares Prieto, granddaughter of
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Echevers was the son of José María Vergara Albano, who was an assistant of
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He was a member of the Club de la Reforma and elected Grand Master of the
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as he became a part of the council that elected Jose Francisco Vergara.
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Chilean politician, war hero, cavalry commander, engineer and journalist
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Bulnes, Gonzalo (1919). Sociedad Imprenta y Litografía Universo (ed.).
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Bulnes, Gonzalo (1914). Sociedad Imprenta y Litografía Universo (ed.).
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Bulnes, Gonzalo (1911). Sociedad Imprenta y Litografía Universo (ed.).
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was necessary to slow down by a blockade and then harass the people of
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894:"Biografía de Gran Logia de Chile de José Francisco Vergara Echevers"
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José Francisco Vergara, análisis de sus cartas privadas y políticas
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and the literary critic and undersecretary of war and navy
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José Francisco Vergara: Guerra del Pacífico y Liberalismo
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Diego Barros Arana, Obras completas, Volume III, page 266
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He participated as representative of Chile in the failed
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El coronel de Guardias Nacionales José Francisco Vergara
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Guerra del Pacífico. vol. 3: Ocupación del Perú - La Paz
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Guerra del Pacífico. vol. 1: De Antofagasta a Tarapacá
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Minister of the Interior and Public Security of Chile
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Chilean military personnel of the War of the Pacific
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779:in October 1880, which was to end the war.
203:July 15, 1880 – September 18, 1881
882:Ideario político de José Francisco Vergara
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976:"Biografía de la Guerra del Pacífico"
676:Disembarkation and capture of Pisagua
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85:June 1, 1882 – June 1, 1888
871:Biografía de José Francisco Vergara
596:He was Minister of War and Navy of
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1159:Candidates for President of Chile
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788:Battle of San Juan and Chorrillos
573:In his youth, Vergara joined the
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191:Minister of War and Navy of Chile
1179:19th-century Chilean politicians
1116:Biografía laguerradelpacifico.cl
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600:and Minister of the Interior of
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62:Senator of the Republic of Chile
786:In 1881 he participated in the
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277:José Francisco Vergara Echevers
243:Deputy of the Republic of Chile
1149:Members of the Senate of Chile
923:www.escuelabernardoohiggins.cl
482:and Carmen Echevers y Cuevas.
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956:G. Bulnes, Tomo I, p. 707-708
499:José Bonifacio Vergara Correa
602:Domingo Santa María González
491:Pedro Nolasco Vergara Albano
485:He was also the grandson of
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1011:"Campañas Terrestre a Lima"
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507:Francisco Valdés Vergara
404:Battle of Pampa Germania
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123:Evaristo Soublette Buroz
702:Battle of San Francisco
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503:Ismael Valdés Vergara
332:Chilean Radical Party
184:José Manuel Balmaceda
1184:Vergara family Chile
806:Vergara returned to
792:Battle of Miraflores
582:Grand Lodge of Chile
495:Diego Vergara Correa
431:Battle of Miraflores
790:on January 13, the
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531:University of Chile
344:University of Chile
318:Valparaíso Province
161:Domingo Santa María
134:Ramón Allende Padín
94:Domingo Santa María
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823:Diego Barros Arana
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394:War of the Pacific
1164:Chilean engineers
1106:Biografía Icarito
982:on August 8, 2014
900:on March 29, 2016
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518:Francisco Alvares
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309:(1889-02-15)
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231:Succeeded by
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1139:1833 births
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339:Alma mater
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986:August 4,
618:in 1886.
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651:Iquique
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