Juan Bautista Charlone
Juan Bautista Charlone | |
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Born | Piana Crixia, Savona, Sardinia-Piedmont | September 27, 1821
Died | September 23, 1866 Corrientes, Corrientes Province, Argentina | (aged 44)
Buried | La Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Allegiance | Italian Redshirts Uruguay State of Buenos Aires Argentina |
Branch | National Army of Uruguay Argentine Army |
Years of service | 1839 – 1866 |
Rank | Coronel |
Commands held | 1st Army Corps |
Battles/wars | Uruguayan Civil War |
Juan Bautista Charlone, born Pietro Giovanni Battista Chiarlone was an Italian-born Argentine Colonel who participated in the Uruguayan Civil War, the Argentine Civil Wars and the early to mid years of the Paraguayan War. He was known for being a major commander at the Battle of Tuyutí before falling during the Battle of Curupayty.
Military career
He was born in Cagna (Modern-Day
In 1856, he was placed in the Porteña Navy, he initially held the rank of Lieutenant and later with that of second-in-command of the brig General Pinto.[2] The following year, he became the second-in-command to Antonio Susini, commander of the Italian Military Legion. This department, composed mainly of Italians, had been sent by Bartolomé Mitre in the southwest of the Bonaerense territory to protect the city of Bahía Blanca which was under construction but suffered from attacks by the natives. Charlone succeeded his superior as commander of the legion in July 1858.[2] On May 19, 1859, at the head of his legionaries, he repulsed and neutralized the last attack of the natives against Bahía Blanca. The following October, he took part in the Battle of Cepeda and two years later, in the Battle of Pavón. After the latter engagement, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel.
With the outbreak of the
Legacy
His remains, transported to Buenos Aires on October 6 and currently rests in La Recoleta Cemetery.[5] The Governor of the Buenos Aires Province then named a railway station after him within the province, belonging to the branch that linked the towns of Rufino, Santa Fe and Italó, Córdoba. Said station was inaugurated on June 1, 1900, and on June 30, 1908, the subdivision of the areas surrounding the station began, which gave rise to the Colonia y Pueblo Fernando Martí, in honor of the previous owner of the land, Fernando Martí Tomás. However, the inhabitants of the region referred the town as the station's name. This resulted in a 1979 law determining that Colonia y Pueblo Fernando Martí would be formally renamed to Colonel Charlone.
References
- ^ La Stampa - Chiarlone, 150 anni fa da contadino di Piana a soldato di Garibaldi
- ^ a b c d Cuneo 1940, p. 223.
- ^ a b c El Coronel Juan Bautista Charlone in Album de la Guerra del Paraguay. Vol. 1. p. 119.
- ^ a b Cuneo 1940, p. 319.
- ^ Cuneo 1940, p. 320.
Bibliography
- Cuneo, Niccolò (1940). Storia dell'emigrazione italiana in Argentina 1810-1870. Milan: Garzanti.
- Udaondo, Enrique (1936). Diccionario Biográfico Argentino. Buenos Aires: Institución Mitre.
- Frigerio, José Oscar (1999). Italianos en la Argentina. Los lombardos. Buenos Aires: Asociación Dante Alighieri de Buenos Aires.
- Caronti, Luis G. (1907). Legiones italianas. Breve noticia de sus servicios en el ejército argentino. Buenos Aires.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Zuccarini, Emilio (1910). Il lavoro degli italiani nella Repubblica Argentina dal 1516 al 1910 – Studi, leggende e ricerche. Buenos Aires: La Patria degli Italiani.
- Petriella, Dionisio; Miatello, Sara Sosa (1976). Diccionario Biográfico Italo-Argentino. Buenos Aires: Asociación Dante Alighieri.
- Frigerio, José Oscar (2009). Epopeya y tragedia del Coronel Silvino Olivieri. Córdoba: Ed. Arkenia.