Ramón García de Sena

Ramón Eustaquio García de Sena y Loreto de Silva (c. 1779 - 1814) was a Venezuelan soldier, poet and journalist who fought in Venezuelan war of independence.

History

García de Sena was born c. 1779 in La Victoria, Aragua to Ramón García de Sena y Rodríguez. García de Sena was the brother of Venezuelan translator Manuel García de Sena.[1] He was a cadet in an Aragua militia battalion in 1802 under Bernardo Rodríguez del Toro Ascanio, the father-in-law of Simón Bolívar He was a cadet of the Milicias Disciplinadas de Blancos de los valles de Aragua in 1802.[2] García de Sena joined the Venezuelan independence movement alongside his family, becoming secretary of War and Navy of the First Republic of Venezuela in 1812 when he held the rank of second lieutenant.[3] García de Sena was reinstated to his position the year after, during the Second Republic of Venezuela.[4]

On September 13, 1813 he defeated royalist coronel José Ceballos in the Battle of Cerritos Blancos.[5] Following the Battle of Araure on December 5, García de Sena was sent as a coronel to Barinas with abundant munitions, 500 infantrymen and, 400 lancers, among which was soon-to-be Venezuelan president José Antonio Páez. From January 12 to January 19, 1814, García de Sena lead the defense of Barinas against the ongoing siege by royalist chieftain Antonio Puig (or Puy).[6] Following his defeat, he retreated from the city. García de Sena died on June 15, 1814 in the Second Battle of La Puerta.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Sosa de Leon, Mireya. "García de Sena y Silva, Ramón". Fundación Empresas Polar (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  2. 1 2 Grases, Pedro; Harkness, Alberto (1953). Manuel García de Sena y la Independencia de Hispanoamérica [Manuel García de Sena and the Independence of Hispanic America] (in Spanish). Secretaria General de la Decima Conferencia Interamericana. pp. 13, 34.
  3. ↑ de Austria, José (1855). Bosquejo de la historia militar de Venezuela en la Guerra de la Independencia [Outline of the Military History of Venezuela During the War of Independence] (in Spanish). p. 6.
  4. ↑ Morón, Guillermo (2003). Los presidentes de Venezuela, 1811-2003 [The presidents of Venezuela, 1811-2003] (in Spanish). Planeta. p. 44. ISBN 9789802713257.
  5. ↑ Búlnes, Gonzalo (1919). Bolívar en el Perú - Últimas campañas de la independencia del Perú [Bolívar in Peru – Final Campaigns for Peru's Independence]. Editorial América. p. 49.
  6. ↑ Esteves González, Édgar. Batallas de Venezuela, 1810-1824 [Battles of Venezuela, 1810-1824] (in Spanish). El Nacional. pp. 64–65. ISBN 978-980-388-074-3.
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