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Patzún in July 1848, also participated in the historic Battle of La Arada, on 2 February 1851 and subsequent action against
Honduras in 1853, so he was considered as one of the winners of Fort San Fernando de Omoa. He fought under the command of race when he was appointed Commander in Chief Army of Guatemala (1844), and then life president of the country (1854-1865). In 1854, he was one of the signatories of the decision that declared life president General
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on April 14, 1865, there was a period of political accommodation in
Guatemala where it was thought that Marshal Zavala would be the new president. Instead, Marshal Vicente Cerna was appointed acting President and, finally, called for elections in January 1869. The Conservatives postulated Marshall
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Zavala began his military career when he joined the Army to put out the peasant uprisings commanded by Rafael
Carrera who -ironically- eventually would be his loyal collaborator and friend; likewise attended numerous expeditions, among which may be mentioned, fighting against Serapio Cruz in action
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Cojutepeque, achieving a landslide victory. He commanded the contingent of Guatemala after the death of General Paredes, and as Lieutenant Colonel, who had been appointed commander of the Guatemalan forces by Carrera. Frederic Rosengarten Jr. named him as the "sliest" of the
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Guatemala City and was educated on sound moral principles that he would always hold in high esteem and were decisive for his formation, making him a good friend among those who knew him. While still very young, he was sent to the
261:. A personal friend of Carrera, he was talking in French with José Carrera, the son of the president, right when Joseph returned to Guatemala after finishing his education in Europe, and shortly before Joseph died in his first bout at the port of
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Secretary of War. During the Campaign for Central American Union in 1885 he was General Barrios Chief of Staff, serving at old age but held in high regard by his experience and education.
305:'s house in Granada. On October 12, 1856, during the siege of Granada, Guatemalan officer Zavala ran under heavy fire to capture the flag and bring it back to the Central American coalition Army trenches shouting
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under his authority, on May 1, 1857. After the war was over, he returned home and six years later took part in an expedition against
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and the National War of Nicaragua against the invasion of
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