Manuel Mier y Terán | |
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Born |
February 18, 1789 Mexico City, Mexico |
Died |
July 3, 1832 (aged 43) Padilla, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
Allegiance |
Mexican Revolutionary Army |
Service/branch | Mexican Army |
Years of service | 1811—1832 |
Rank | Brigadier General |
Battles/wars |
Mexican Revolutionary Army
First Mexican Empire
José Manuel Rafael Simeón de Mier y Terán (February 18, 1789 — July 3, 1832), commonly called Manuel de Mier y Terán or General Teran, was a Mexican general involved in the Mexican and Texan revolutions.
Mier y Terán graduated from the College of Mines in Mexico City in 1811. The same year, he joined the cause of Mexican independence under José Morelos. As a lieutenant colonel, he fought under Ignacio Rayón and captured the region of the modern province of Puebla. In 1814, he besieged the Royalist forces at Silacayoapan in Oaxaca; although unsuccessful, the campaign elevated him to colonel. He failed in an attempt to become leader of the rebels and, after seeing combat in Puebla and Veracruz, surrendered at Tehuacán in 1817.