José Buenaventura Sepulveda Fernández was a Peruvian Lieutenant Colonel that served the

War of the Pacific The War of the Pacific (), also known by War of the Pacific#Etymology, multiple other names, was a war between Chile and a Treaty of Defensive Alliance (Bolivia–Peru), Bolivian–Peruvian alliance from 1879 to 1884. Fought over Atacama Desert ...

and was notable for his service at the

Battle of Pampa Germania The Battle of Pampa Germania was a cavalry battle of the Tarapacá campaign of the War of the Pacific that took place on November 6, 1879. In this battle, the Chilean cavalry led by Lieutenant Colonel José Francisco Vergara and Sofanor Parra amb ...

, in which he was killed at the aforementioned battle.

Biography

José Buenaventura Sepúlveda Fernández was born in the Hacienda de la Huaca,

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, on July 14, 1848 . He was the son of José Antonio Sepúlveda Aldea who was a Chilean captain of the Colchagua battalion of the

United Restoration Army The United Restoration Army, also called simply as the Restoration Army, was a land military force that operated between the years 1837 and 1839, which had the objective of ending the Peru-Bolivian Confederation, led by General Andrés de Sant ...

of Peru and Lady Teresa Fernández. At the age of 22 he entered the Military Academy, opting for the cavalry. In 1879 he was a lieutenant colonel in the regiment, commanding a squad of the same and another of , he left Iquique upon having news of the capture of the port of Pisagua by the Chilean army, following the orders of General Juan Buendía was in charge of covering the Allied retreat, the troop under his command being surprised and defeated by the Chilean cavalry under the command of Colonel José Francisco Vergara in the combat fought in the vicinity of the Germania nitrate office on November 6, 1879, in the which was killed in combat. The 113th armored cavalry regiment stationed in the city of

Tacna Tacna, officially known as San Pedro de Tacna, is a city in southern Peru and the regional capital of the Tacna Region. A very commercially active city, it is located only north of the border with Arica y Parinacota Region from Chile, inland f ...

bears his name in his honor.

References

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