Abraham González (1782 – c. 1838) was an Argentine soldier who participated in the
Spanish American wars of independence
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and the
Argentine Civil Wars
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, and was governor of
Tucumán Province
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Located in the northwest of the country, the province has the capital of San Miguel de Tucumán, often shortened to Tucumán. Neig ...
.
Early years
Abraham González was born in
,
Misiones Province
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in 1782.
In his youth he lived in the
Banda Oriental
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and joined militias that took part in the uprising led by
José Gervasio Artigas
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He fought in the Latin American wars of in ...
in 1811.
He fought in the
Battle of Las Piedras
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Background and development of events
In 1810, the May Revolution had forced the Spanish to abandon Buenos Aires, but they held on to the ...
and the
Battle of Cerrito
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in one of the divisions that took the city of
Montevideo
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in 1814.
González was sent to the Northern Army and participated in the campaign of
José Rondeau
José Casimiro Rondeau Pereyra (March 4, 1773 – November 18, 1844) was a general and politician in Argentina and Uruguay
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in Upper Peru (Bolivia), fighting in the disastrous
Battle of Sipe-Sipe
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.
He spent the rest of that decade in the city of
San Miguel de Tucumán
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, a member of the small garrison was left of the Northern Army,
under the command of Colonel
Domingo Arévalo
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.
Republic of Tucumán
In mid November 1819, with two other officers, González arrested the governor,
Feliciano de la Mota Botello
Feliciano de la Mota Botello (1769–1830) was an Argentine politician who became governor of Tucumán Province in the years after the May Revolution.
Early years
Feliciano de la Mota Botello was born in 1769 in Santa Fe, in what was then the Vi ...
, Colonel Arévalo and General
Manuel Belgrano
Manuel José Joaquín del Corazón de Jesús Belgrano y González (3 June 1770 – 20 June 1820), usually referred to as Manuel Belgrano (), was an Argentine public servant, economist, lawyer, politician, journalist, and military leader. He t ...
.
He then called an open meeting where
Bernabé Aráoz
Bernabé Aráoz (1776 – 24 March 1824) was a governor of Tucumán Province in what is now Argentina during the early nineteenth century, and President of the short-lived Republic of Tucumán.
Aráoz came from a wealthy and influential family in ...
was made governor.
Soon after, Aráoz separated the province from obedience to the Directory and proclaimed the "
Republic of Tucumán".
The new governor promoted González to the rank of lieutenant colonel.
In March 1821 war broke out between
Salta Province
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and Tucumán, and forces under
Alejandro Heredia
Alejandro Heredia (1788 – 12 November 1838) was an Argentine soldier and politician. He fought in the war of independence, and in the subsequent civil war.
He was governor and '' caudillo'' of Tucumán Province.
Early career
Alejandro Heredia ...
invaded the province, sent by
Martín Miguel de Güemes
Martín Miguel de Güemes (8 February 1785 – 17 June 1821) was a military leader and popular caudillo who defended northwestern Argentina from the Spanish royalist army during the Argentine War of Independence.
Biography
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.
Aráoz took charge of the Tucumán army, which defeated the Salta forces at
Rincón de Marlopa, just south of Tucuman, on 3 April.
His chief of staff,
Manuel Arias
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, directed a charge by González's infantry and cavalry that decided the victory.
After this action he was promoted to general.
In late August, González was a leader of malcontents in the army allied with the ''
caudillo
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''
Juan Felipe Ibarra
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and ruled the province of his birth for deca ...
of
Santiago del Estero
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.
González deposed Governor Aráoz on the excuse that he was not helping in the war of independence and had not sent a deputy to the
Congress of Cordoba.
González was appointed governor on 29 August 1821 and appointed Dr.
José Mariano Serrano
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as his Minister.
The first thing he did was to declare that the republic was extinct, which was unavoidable since
Catamarca Province
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had also separated.
His government limited itself to measures that maintained peace with its neighbors.
Later years
His enemies, allies of Aráoz such as
Javier Lopez, overthrew González on 10 January 1822, appointing in his stead Diego Aráoz, a relative of Bernabé Aráoz.
González was sent as a prisoner to
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, where he was released.
He completely disappeared from the public eye and spent the rest of his life working in the field in
Buenos Aires Province, under his brother,
Colonel Bernardo González, a very close friend of
Juan Manuel de Rosas
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.
He died in
Buenos Aires
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around 1838.
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1782 births
1830s deaths
Argentine generals