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MIGUEL MIRAMON (1832-1867)

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 573 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MIGUEL
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MIRAMON (1832-1867)  , Mexican soldier of
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French extraction, was
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born in the
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city of
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Mexico, on the 29th of
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September 1832, and shot with the
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Emperor
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Maximilian at
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Queretaro on the 19th of
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June 1867 . While still a student he helped to defend the military
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academy at Chapultepec against the forces of the
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United States; and, entering the
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army in 1852, he rapidly came to the front during the
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civil
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wars . It was largely due to
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Miramon's support of the ecclesiastical party against
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Alvarez and
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Comonfort that
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Zuloaga was raised to the
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presidency; and in 1859 he was called to succeed him in that
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office . Decisively beaten by the Liberals in 186o, he spent some
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time in
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Europe advocating,
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foreign intervention in Mexican affairs; and returned as a
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partisan of Maximilian . His ability as a soldier was shown by his
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double
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defence of
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Puebla in 1856 .

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