Manuel de la Concha was a Spanish
commissioned officer
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of the military forces under
Félix María Calleja del Rey Bruder Losada Campaño y Montero de Espinosa,
Viceroy of New Spain
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his rank was Colonel.
[Note: Bustamante in "''Cuadro histórico de la revolución mexicana''" refers to Concha as "''Teniente Coronel''"(Lieutenant colonel), "''Coronel''"(Colonel) and "Comandante".] In 1815 Manuel de la Concha apprehended insurgent General
José María Morelos y Pavón
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See also
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Battle of Azcapotzalco
The Battle of Azcapotzalco, ( es, link=no, Batalla de Azcapotzalco), was fought on August 19, 1821, in the town of Azcapotzalco, near Mexico City. It was to be one of the last military action of the Mexican War of Independence. The insurgents, co ...
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Battle of Temalaca
The Battle of Temalaca was a battle of the War of Mexican Independence that occurred on 5 November 1815 in the area around Temalaca, Puebla. The battle was fought between the royalist forces loyal to the Spanish crown and the Mexican rebels f ...
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Manuel de Flores,
Inquisitor
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Matías Carranco
*Documentos Morelos
References
External links
*''The Last Days of José María Morelos''. McKeehan, Wallace L.
’’(Accessed January 10, 2013)
Reference: Paragraph III. ”Colonel Manuel de la Concha”; (Manuel de la Concha to Calleja, Tepecuacuileo, November 3.3, 1815, Morelos documentos, II, 289-90.) Paragraph IV. “Colonel Concha”; (Bustamante, Cuadro histórico, III, 219-20). Paragraph VI. “Concha, (Calleja to Concha, Mexico City, November 19, 1815, ibid., p. 304). Paragraph XX. (Calleja to Concha, November 27, 1815, Morelos documentos, II, 327-30). Paragraph XXIII. “Manuel de la Concha”.
Bibliography
* Timmons, Wilbert H.; ''Morelos: Priest, Soldier, Statesman of Mexico''. Texas Western College Press; First Edition (1963). ASIN B0007IU0F0.
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Spanish colonels
People from New Spain
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