United Restoration Army

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United Restoration Army
Ejército Unido Restaurador
Active1837; 1838–1839
AllegianceChile Chile
Peru Peruvian dissidents
BranchChilean Army
Restoration Army of Peru
TypeField army
EngagementsWar of the Confederation
Iquicha War of 1839
Commanders
Chief GeneralsManuel Blanco Encalada (1837)
Manuel Bulnes (1838–39)
Northern Peruvian Republic
  New Peruvian State
  New Bolivian State
  Controlled by the United Restoration Army during the restoration
  De facto borders after the dissolution
  Disputed between Peru-Bolivia and Argentina
  Disputed between Bolivia and Argentina

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 Santa Cruz, and restore the independence of Peru to its situation prior to the Salaverry-Santa Cruz War
.

This military force was made up of the

Manuel Bulnes Prieto was appointed as its general in chief.[1][2]

Among its members were the North Peruvian military and politicians

The defeat of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation occurred in the town of Villa de Yungay, in the Department of Huaylas on January 20, 1839.[5] In commemoration of this victory, the Department of Huaylas took the name of the Department of Ancash, as it is known today.

Later the term was used again during the Peruvian revolutions where one of the parties called restoration to the cause they defended, such was the case of the revolution led by General Mariano Ignacio Prado in 1865.[6][7]

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References

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  2. ^ Documentos relativos a reclamos al gobierno del Perú sobre propiedades britanicas tomadas por autoridades peruanas, desde 1835 hasta 1839. Peru. 1840. pp. 72–73.
  3. ^ Tamayo Herrera, José (1985). Nuevo Compendio de Historia del Perú. Editorial Lumen. pp. 255–256.
  4. ^ Convención celebrada con el gobierno de Chile para el pago de la deuda peruana, de 11 de diciembre de 1849 (PDF). 1849. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27.
  5. ^ Varas, José Antonio (1870). Recopilacion de leyes i decretos supremos concernientes al ejército, desde abril de 1812 a [diciembre de 1887] ...: Abril de 1812 a abril de 1839 (in Spanish). Santiago: Imprenta nacional. pp. 520–521.
  6. ^ Dávalos y Lissón, Pedro (1926). "XIII: San Román y Pezet". La primera centuria: causas geográficas, políticas y económicas que han detenido el progreso moral y material del Perú en el primer siglo de su vida independiente (in Spanish). Vol. IV: Causas políticas y económicas. Lima: Librería e Imprenta Gil. p. 143.
  7. ^ Peralta Ruiz, Victor (2018). Guerra internacional, revolución y dictadura: los partidos parlamentarios y la política peruana entre 1865 y 1867 [International War, Revolution, and Dictatorship: Parliamentary Parties and Peruvian Politics between 1865-1867] (in Spanish). Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. p. 97.

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