Luis María Campos (born in

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, June 1838, died in the same city, October 1907) was an Argentine general and founder of the Argentine '' Escuela Superior de Guerra'', which is now named after him. He initially joined the army of the

State of Buenos Aires The State of Buenos Aires ( es, Estado de Buenos Aires) was a secessionist republic resulting from the overthrow of the Argentine Confederation government in the Province of Buenos Aires on September 11, 1852. The State of Buenos Aires was nev ...

in 1856, only becoming part of the Argentine army when the state rejoined the rest of Argentina in 1861. He fought for the State of Buenos Aires in the Argentine Civil Wars, fighting in the battles of Cepeda, Pavón, and Cañada de Gómez. He then fought for the Argentine Army in the

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. He fought for the government during several rebellions:

Ricardo López Jordán Ricardo Ramón López Jordán (1822–1889) was an Argentine soldier and politician, one of the last influential "''caudillos''" (Spanish for "leaders", or military or political strongmen) in the history of Argentina. He thrice rebelled against ...

's rebellion, the uprising of 1874, the 1880 rebellion of Carlos Tejedor, and 1890 Park Revolution. In 1893 he was appointed Minister of War. In 1895 he left this job, to be promoted to Lieutenant General and become head of the army. In 1898, he became Minister of War again. During this period, he founded the Escuela Superior de Guerra, which opened in May 1900 under German colonel Alfred Arent, and led a campaign of modernization based on the Prussian-German army. Luis María's father, Martín Teodoro Campos, had been a colonel, and his brothers Julio and Manuel also became Argentine generals.

* Giberti, Hugo A., ''Buenos Aires. Calles conocidas, soldados olvidados'', Ed. Edivérn, Bs. As., 2001. * Zenequelli, Lilia, ''Crónica de una guerra, La Triple Alianza''. Ed. Dunken, Bs. As., 1997. * Padilla, Alberto, ''El general Roca: de ministro a presidente''. Ed. Coni Hnos., Bs. As., 1936. * Rosa, José María, ''La guerra del Paraguay y las montoneras argentinas'', Ed. Hyspamérica, 1986. * Ras, Norberto, ''La guerra por las vacas'', Ed. Galerna, Bs. As., 2006. {{DEFAULTSORT:Campos, Luis Maria

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1838 births 1907 deaths Burials at La Recoleta Cemetery

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