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    Ambrosio José Gonzales

    Birth: 10-3-1818

    Death: 7-31-1893

Biography

Ambrosio Jose Gonzales was the highest ranking cuban born militray officer on either side of the American Civil War. He held the rank of Colonel in the confederate army. His promotion to the rank of Brigadier General. (O-7) by the then president of confederate states, president Jefferson Davis. He was schooled in New York and joined the army as a volunteer staff member of Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard whom he knew from school. He championed the cause of Cuban liberation through American military intervention but died before seeing that happening. 

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Biography: 
Ambrosio Jose Gonzales was the highest ranking cuban born militray officer on either side of the American Civil War. He held the rank of Colonel in the confederate army. His promotion to the rank of Brigadier General. (O-7) by the then president of confederate states, president Jefferson Davis. He was schooled in New York and joined the army as a volunteer staff member of Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard whom he knew from school. He championed the cause of Cuban liberation through American military intervention but died before seeing that happening.
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https://www.jstor.org/stable/27565994?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents
Citation for Birth Info:
Citation Type: 
Journal Article
Journal or Newspaper Title: 
The South Carolina Historical Magazine
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Lewis Pinckney Jones
Article Title: 
Ambrosio José Gonzales, a Cuban Patriot in Carolina
Year: 
1955
Volume: 
56
Start Page: 
67
End Page: 
76
Citation Notes: 
https://www.jstor.org/stable/27565994?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents check also: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7429617/ambrosio-jose-gonzales
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Website
Citation URL: 
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7429617/ambrosio-jose-gonzales
Title of Webpage: 
Ambrosio Jose Gonzales
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Author(s) or Editor(s): 
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