Joaquín Rea (?–1850) was a Mexican general in the

Mexican–American War The Mexican–American War, also known in the United States as the Mexican War and in Mexico as the (''United States intervention in Mexico''), was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848. It followed the 1 ...

. General Rea led guerrilla forces of the Light Corps in harassing American convoys on the National Road between Vera Cruz and Puebla from May 1847. Due to this harassment by the guerrillas between Puebla and Vera Cruz, General

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was forced to abandon his line of communications to make his attack on Mexico City. Following the fall of Mexico City, General Rea and General

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attempted to besiege and capture Puebla cutting the American Army in Mexico City off from Vera Cruz in September 1847. Rea and Santa Anna failed to take it before the approach of a relief column from Vera Cruz under Brig. Gen.

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prompted Santa Anna to leave the siege to stop him. Puebla was relieved by Gen. Lane October 12, 1847, following his defeat of Santa Anna at the

Battle of Huamantla The Battle of Huamantla was a U.S. victory late in the Mexican–American War that forced the Mexican Army to lift the siege of Puebla.Bauer, K.J., 1974, ''The Mexican War, 1846–1848'', New York: Macmillan, Background Santa Anna left Puebl ...

October 9, 1847. Lane pursued Rea and defeated him at the action of Atlixco, or "Atlixco affair", on October 18, 1847, and he was defeated again at the

Affair at Galaxara Pass Affair at Galaxara Pass, November 24, 1847, was a U.S. Army victory of Gen. Joseph Lane, over the Mexican Army Light Corps, an irregular force under Gen. Joaquín Rea. The Light Corps had been the principal force harassing the U.S. Army line ...

on November 24, 1847, by forces under General Lane. Nevertheless, guerrilla raids on the American supply route and American anti guerrilla actions continued until the end of the war with the truce in March 1848. According to Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851: :"Mexico We have intelligence from the City of Mexico to November 13. The question of the Presidency, it is conceded, is definitely settled in favor of Arista. The financial condition of the Republic still engages the attention of Congress, which body is yet occupied in arranging the interior and foreign debt. General Thomas Reguena died on the 13th ultimo, at Guadalajara, and General Manuel Romero on the 31st, at San Louis Potosi. General Joaquin Rea, living at a village called Minerva, was, about the same time, murdered by one Felipe Delgado, and a band of scoundrels under his command."Project Gutenberg EBook of Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No.8, January, 1851, by Various
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rea, Joaquin Mexican military personnel of the Mexican–American War Year of birth unknown 1850 deaths Mexican generals