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Juan Lavalle

Juan Lavalle

11. Governor of Buenos Aires Province

In office

1 December 1828 26 June 1829

Preceded by Manuel Dorrego

Succeeded by Juan Jos Viamonte

Personal details

Born October 17, 1797

Buenos Aires, Viceroyalty of the Ro de la Plata

Died October 9, 1841 (aged 43)

San Salvador de Jujuy

Nationality Argentine

Political party Unitarian

Profession Soldier

Military service

Allegiance United Provinces of South America

Rank General

Unit Army of the Andes

Battles/wars Argentine War of Independence

Decembrist revolution

French blockade of the Ro de la Plata

Juan Galo Lavalle (October 17, 1797 October 9, 1841) was an Argentine military and political figure.
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Biography

Lavalle was born in Buenos Aires to Mara Mercedes Gonzlez Bordallo and Manuel Jos Lavalle, general

accountant of rents and tobacco for the Viceroyalty of the Ro de la Plata. In 1799, the family moved to Santiago de

Chile, but returned to Buenos Aires in 1807.

In 1812 Lavalle joined the Regiment of mounted grenadiers as a cadet. By 1813 h4 reached the grade of lieutenant

and moved to the army, which under orders of Carlos Mara de Alvear besieged Montevideo. Lavalle fought against

Jos Gervasio Artigas in 1815 and in the Battle of Guayabos under the command of Manuel Dorrego. In 1816

Lavalle moved to Mendoza to join the Army of the Andes of the "liberator" Jos de San Martn and fought in

Chacabuco and the Maip in Chile. He continued along with San Martn on his way to Peru and Ecuador and took

part in the battles of Pichincha and the Riobamba, after which he became known as theHero of Riobamba.

Because of disagreements with Simn Bolvar, Lavalle returned to Buenos Aires by the end of 1823. He would later

govern Mendoza Province for a short time. He then fought in the war against Brazil in command of 1,200 cavalry,

with great episodes of valour in the battles of Bacacay and Ituzaing in February 1827, beating the forces of General

Abreu and being himself proclaimed General on the field of battle itself.

By the time he returned to Buenos Aires, the President of the United Provinces, UnitarianBernardino Rivadavia,had resigned, and Manuel Dorrego was elected the federal governor of Buenos Aires Province. Lavalle, a Unitarian

himself, led a coup to take the government and executed governor Dorrego without a trial. His government then

started a reign of terror, aiming to destroy the Federal Party, but the resistance in the countryside didn't recede. In

1829, the demographic growth was negative as there were more deaths than births. During that time, Jos de San

Martn had returned from Europe. While he was in Montevideo, Lavalle offered him the government of Argentina as

he probably was the only man capable of putting an end to the chaotic situation, because of his authority over leaders

on both sides. But when he learned about the spiraling factionalist violence, San Martn realised that he would have

to choose sides as the only actual way to govern, so he refused and returned instead to self-exile in Europe.

The other provinces did not recognize Lavalle as the legitimate governor, and supported the rosista resistance

instead. Lavalle would be defeated a short time later at the Battle of Mrquez Bridge by the forces of Juan Manuel de

Rosas and Santa Fe governor Estanislao Lpez. Lpez returned to his province, menaced by Unitarian Jos Mara

Paz, who had taken power in Crdoba. Meanwhile, Rosas kept Lavalle under siege and forced him to resign with the

Cauelas pact. Juan Jos Viamonte was designated as interim governor, and the legislature that was removed during

Lavalle's coup d'tat was restored. This legislature would elect Rosas as the governor. Lavalle retired to the Banda

Oriental.

During the French blockade to the Ro de la Plata, Fructuoso Rivera was reluctant to take military actions against

Rosas, aware of his strength. Unitarians, who thought that the whole Argentine Confederation would rise against

Rosas at the first chance, urged Lavalle to lead the attack, who requested not to share command with Rivera. As a

result, they ledboth their own armies. His imminent attack was backed up by conspiracies in Buenos Aires, which

were discovered and aborted by the Mazorca. Manuel Vicente Maza and his son were among the perpetrators, and

were executed as a result. Pedro Castelli also organized an ill-fated demonstration against Rosas, and was executed

as well. Rosas did not wait to be attacked and ordered Pascual Echage to cross the Paran river and take the fight to

Uruguay. The Uruguayan armies split: Rivera returned to defend Montevideo, and Lavalle moved to Entre Ros

Province. He expected that the local populations would join him against Rosas and increase his forces, but he found

severe resistance, so he moved instead to Corrientes Province. Governor Pedro Ferr defeated Lpez, and Rivera

defeated Pascual Echage, clearing for Lavalle the way to Buenos Aires. However, by that point France had given up

its trust on the effectiveness of the blockade, as what was thought it would be an easy and short conflict was turning

into a long war, without clear security of a final victory. France began peace negotiations with the Confederation and

cut its financial support to Lavalle. He didn't find help at local towns either, and there was widespread desertion

among his ranks. Buenos Aires was ready to resist his military attack, but the lack of support forced him to give up

and retire from the battlefield, without starting any battle.
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Moving of Lavalle's corpse.

Persecuted, his troops suffered constant attacks and Lavalle was forced

to move further north, being defeated by Manuel Oribe in La Rioja and

Tucumn. Escaping with a small group of 200 men, he was

accidentally shot by a Montonera detachment which spread-shot a

reputed Unitarian's house, not realizing that Juan Lavalle, the very

chief of the Unitarians, was staying there. This occurred in 1841 in SanSalvador de Jujuy.

Afraid that his body would be desecrated by the Federales, his

followers fled to Bolivia carrying Lavalle's decomposing remains with

them. Hurrying over the Humahuaca pass, they finally decided to strip

the skeleton by boiling it and, after burying the flesh in an unmarked

grave, carry the bones, which are today buried at the La Recoleta

Cemetery in Buenos Aires.

A statue of the general standing on top of a long, slender column,

commemorates the figure of Lavalle atPlaza Lavalle in Buenos Aires.

Bibliography

The classic source on Lavalle is "History of Argentina" by Vicente Fidel Lpez. See also Ernesto Sbato's Sobre

hroes y tumbas.

External links

Juan Lavalle[1]

atFind a Grave

Preceded by

Jos Albino Gutierrez

Governor of Mendoza

1824

Succeeded by

Juan de Dios Correas

Preceded by

Manuel Dorrego

Governor of Buenos Aires

Province

1828 1829

Succeeded by

Juan Jos Viamonte

References

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