Manuel Pineda Muñoz (1804–1891), was a
Mexican Army
The Mexican Army ( es, Ejército Mexicano) is the combined land and air branch and is the largest part of the Mexican Armed Forces; it is also known as the National Defense Army.
The Army is under the authority of the Secretariat of National ...
officer that led the
Mexican resistance against the forces of the United States in
Baja California Sur, during 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 ...
. Victor of the
Battle of Mulege
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, he inspired the resistance force of
Bajacalifornios to
attack and then
besiege
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La Paz and
attack San José del Cabo
San José del Cabo (, ''Saint Joseph of the Cape'') is a city located in southern Baja California Sur state, Mexico. It is the seat of Los Cabos Municipality lying at a shallow bay northeast of Cabo San Lucas on the Gulf of California. The city ...
. Although he was eventually defeated and later captured at
San Antonio de la Sierra, the protracted resistance he led made the American hold on the
Baja California peninsula unsecure, and prompted American statesmen to omit in the final peace treaty, their original demand for the annexation of
Baja California
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and
Baja California Sur.
Richard W. Amero, The Mexican-American War in Baja California, The Journal of San Diego History, SAN DIEGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY, Winter 1984, Volume 30, Number 1
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References
Mexican military personnel of the Mexican–American War
1804 births
1891 deaths
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