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For his services in the successful revolution, the newly established Bustamante government made Canalizo a colonel. [2] The government assigned him to the pacification of Jamiltepec where he was placed second in command to Eligio Ruelas.
Entered an infantry regiment of Celaya as a royalist infantry cadet (1811); participated in the war of independence, fighting against the insurgents; supported the Plan de Iguala and joined the Army of the Three Guarantees as a major of the vanguard forces (1821); promoted to lieutenant colonel (1821); supported the Plan de Casa Mata (1823 ...
Major General Valentín Canalizo, commanding the Army of the East, looked for a suitable point to defeat Scott’s thrust inland. He focused on the National Highway—or Jalapa Road—as the most likely avenue of advance. It offered the only road surface sturdy enough to accommodate Scott’s heavy cannon.
Canalizo was found in the sites and shots of Valladolid, today Morelia, San Juan del Río, Zimapán and Querétaro. In San Luis de la Paz, Guanajuato, he participated in the combat where two Spanish regiments, the Zaragoza and Zamora regiments under the command of Colonel Rafael Bracho, surrendered en masse.
Valentín Canalizo (14 January 1794 – 20 February 1850), was a Mexican general and statesman who served twice as interim president during the Centralist Republic of Mexico and was later made Minister of War during the Mexican American War.
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Valentín Canalizo (1794-1850) was a Mexican military man who served in different areas of the Mexican political world, where he became governor, mayor, general of the army, minister of defense and conservative politician.
