Tomás Mejía Camacho
Tomás Mejía
José Tomás de la Luz Mejía Camacho better known as Tomás Mejía (September 17, 1820 – June 19, 1867) was a Mexican soldier, born in Pinal de Amoles, Sierra Gorda, Querétaro. He fought as a cavalry general on the side of Maximilian I of Mexico during the war between Monarchists and Republicans following the French intervention in 1862 and rise of the Second Mexican Empire in 1863-64.
General Tomás Mejía was executed by Liberal Republicans, together with General Miguel Miramón and Emperor Maximilian I, in Querétaro in 1867.
References
- Moreno, Daniel, El Sitio de Querétaro
- Maximiliano y Carlota
- Rivera Cambas, Manuel: Historia de la Intervención Europea y Norteamericana en México y del Imperio de Maximiliano de Habsburgo
External links
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