Francisco de Paula Milán

Francisco de Paula Milan
Native name Francisco de Paula Milán
Born (1821-01-01)January 1, 1821
Died May 8, 1883(1883-05-08) (aged 62)
Allegiance Mexico
Service/branch Army
Rank Colonel

Francisco de Paula Milán (c. 1821 - May 8th, 1883 (Xalapa, Veracruz) was an officier of the Mexican Army from the Liberals group, that fought in the service of Benito Juárez.[1]

Biography

Milán completed law school at the University of Puebla. He joined the National Guard in 1847 and was involved in the defence of the ports of Veracruz and other actions against the American invasion, for which he went to prison twice.[2]

He fought in the Mexican Reform War (1857-1861) against the Conservatives and in the setting of the French intervention in Mexico.

In 1862 he had the Greatest Mexican Victory with his contributation to the battle of May 5 (Fortress Puebla). After that, he was notified that he was the new commander of Veracruz. With his command over a small army he ambushed and eliminated a small division belonging to the French Foreign Legion on April 30, 1863.[3] Due to this, Milán commanded:[4] 1200 soldiers from the Army battalion and 600 men from the Cavalry-Support Troops. These formed three Infantry Battalions which each had 400 men and those who were from Córdoba under the command of Colonel Dr. Francisco Talavera, those from Xalapa were under the command of Colonel Ismael Terán and those from Veracruz were under the command of Colonel Rafael Estrada.

According to the official biography, Milán was governor of the state of Veracruz in 1866.[5]

After the retreat of the French troops from Mexico in 1867, Milán supported the Archduke Maximillian Habsburg by sieging and occupying the ports of Veracruz.[6]

After the victory of the republic, Milán devoted himself to a new trade. He composed the opera La Amiga de las Niñas.[7]

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  1. Hiervon abweichend Mestre Ghigliazza, Manuel: Efemérides biográficas, Imp. Aldina, Robredo y Rosell, Mexico City 1945: „MILAN (Francisco de Paula). — General graduado el 10 de Septiembre de 1867 y ex-Gobernador y Comandante Militar de Veracruz. — Murió en Jalapa, de ese Estado, el 8 de Mayo. — Nació en la misma ciudad en 1822.“ Abweichend auch das Todesjahr: 1884 laut Archivo de Cancelados, Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional, México. Historia mexicana, Bd. 12, El Colegio de México, 1963, S. 269, Fußnote 22.
  2. Revista Jarocha, Ausg. 31-33 u. 36-38, Editorial Citlaltépetl, Mexico City 1964, S. 10.
  3. Blázquez Domínguez, Carmen (Hrsg.): Veracruz – Textos de su historia, 2 Bde., Instituto Mora, Mexico City 1988, S. 79.
  4. Vgl. Labadie, Teodoro: Las Batallas de Puebla y Camarón 1862–1863 – La intervención francesa en México vista por un soldado francés que llegó con el cuerpo expedicionario, Editorial Orión, Mexico City 1962, S. 181
  5. Miguel Salvador Rodríguez Azueta: Francisco de Paula Milán, el caballero de Camarón, informativo360.net.
  6. Vgl. Mestre Ghigliazza, wie oben.
  7. Pasquel, Leonardo: La generación liberal veracruzana, Colección suma Veracruzana, Editorial Citlaltépetl, Mexico City 1972, S. 277.
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