Hermenegildo Galeana, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Mexican war hero. Tecpan, 1762 - El Salitral, Coyuca, 1814
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Place of Birth: Tecpán de Galeana, Guerrero, Mexico
About Hermenegildo Galeana
- Hermenegildo Galeana (13 April 1762 – 27 June 1814) was a hero of the Mexican War of Independence, one of six brothers who fought in the insurgency.
- Galeana was considered the right-hand man of secular priest and leader of independence, José María Morelos and was the immediate superior of insurgent fighter Vicente Guerrero.
- Galeana was of Afro-Mexican mixed-race from the west coast of Mexico where there was considerable racial mixture of the indigenous Indians, Africans and Asians brought to Mexico as slaves.
- Also part of the mix were non-hispanic pirates who operated on the west coast, which was a stronghold for independence.
- Galeana's family were landholders and "family name is said to be hispanicized from English," with the founder in Mexico being an English pirate who jumped ship, marrying a local woman.
- His portrait shows him as light-complected in a region with many dark morenos.
- Galeana died in battle, which followed the earlier death of Morelos's lieutenant, Father Mariano Matamoros, Morelos reportedly exclaimed, "I have lost both my arms, now I am nothing."There are several places in Mexico named Galeana after the general.
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