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Francisco Crespo y Denis

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Allegiance
  
Argentina

Rank
  
Colonel

Unit
  
Army of the Andes

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Battles/wars
  
Battle of Cotagaita Battle of Suipacha Battle of Huaqui Battle of Chacabuco Battle of Maipú Battle of Vuelta de Obligado

Died
  
1849, San Isidro, Argentina

Battles and wars
  
Battle of Cotagaita, Battle of Suipacha

Francisco Crespo y Denis (1791-1849) was an Argentine patriot officer, who had participated in the War of Independence, Brazilian War, and in the Argentine Civil Wars.

Biography

Francisco Crespo was born in Buenos Aires, the son of Buenaventura Crespo, born in Galicia and Cathalina Denis, criolla descendant of Gerónimo Denis, settler in Córdoba, in the mid 17th century.

Crespo began his military career in 1808, and two years later it was incorporated into the Army of the North, in command of Antonio González de Balcarce, where he participated in the actions of Suipacha. In 1812 had been part of the army during Siege of Montevideo (1812–14). In 1814 Crespo enlists in the Army of the Andes, fighting in the battles of Chacabuco and Maipu. In 1826 he participates in the war of Brazil and fighting heroically in the Battle of Ituzaingó.

In 1830s Francisco Crespo was military commander in Carmen de Patagones, city where he was married to Angela Ocampo. During the Battle of Vuelta de Obligado, Crespo replaces the General Lucio Norberto Mansilla, in the command of Argentine troops against the Anglo-French squad.

References

Francisco Crespo y Denis Wikipedia