Demetrio Castillo Duany
Demetrio Castillo Duany | |
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Brigadier General | |
Battles/wars | Cuban War of Independence *Battle of Yerba de Guinea *Battle of La Curia *Battle of El Triunfo *Battle of Sao del Indio Battle of Loma de Gato Spanish–American War *Cuban Campaign |
Other work | politician |
Demetrio Castillo Duany (November 17, 1856 – November 27, 1922) was a Cuban revolutionary, soldier, and politician. He fought in the Cuban Independence and Spanish–American wars.
Demetrio Castillo Duany was born in Santiago de Cuba, into one of the leading families of the eastern region of Cuba and he went to France for his education. After spending some years at the Lycée of Bordeaux he went on to the United States where he studied English and entered an established business house.
In 1878, at the age of twenty-two, he returned to Santiago de Cuba to take charge of the interests of his mother. A year later the outbreak of the "little war" obliged him to emigrate to the United States where he remained until 1885.
At the outbreak of war in 1895, he joined the Revolutionary forces under
When the United States entered the war against Spain, General Garcia selected Brigadier General Castillo Duany to confer with the American commanders and to arrange for cooperation with them. In fulfilment of this commission General Castillo Duany conferred with Admiral Sampson on board the battleship New York to concert plans for the landing of American troops and to provide for joint action with the Cuban forces. Under his command, the Cubans captured Siboney and thus reduced the risk of the disembarkation of the American force. He continued to cooperate with the Americans throughout the remainder of the war.
He also opened a business school in New York and was in the Cuban presidential cabinet heading War and Navy.
When hostilities ceased he turned to politics. In 1898 he was named
Sources
- Direccion Provincial de Cultura - Día 17. Nace en Santiago de Cuba el patriota Demetrio Castillo Duany Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine at www.cultstgo.cult.cu
- Count of Duany [1]
- History book Castillo Duany University of Miami Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine
- Hewitt PhD thesis
- New York Times
- books.google.com