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dead 20 october 1862 concepción , chile santiago , chile 28 may 1796 fernandobaquedano.png fernando baquedano
 fernando baquedano
fernando baquedano

general fernando baquedano rodríguez -lrb- may 28 , 1796 -- october 20 , 1862 -rrb- was a chilean military and political figure who served in the chilean war of independence and the war of the confederation .
fernando baquedano was of basque descent , his ascendants came from abarzuza .
fernando baquedano was born in santiago , the son of miguel baquedano y zebreros and of isidora rodríguez rojas .
in 1808 , at the age of 12 , he joined the ranks of the queen 's dragoons .
baquedano took part in the movement for independence from the very beginning , and during the chilean war of independence he served under both josé miguel carrera and bernardo o'higgins in the siege of chillán , and the battles of el roble , quirihue and cauquenes -lrb- 1813 -rrb- , gomero , alto del quilo , paso del maule , tres montes y quechereguas -lrb- 1814 -rrb- .
after the defeat of rancagua he was forced , together with other patriots , to emigrate to mendoza , argentina .
once there he joined the army of the andes , and fought in the battles of chacabuco and talcahuano -lrb- 1817 -rrb- , cancha rayada and maipu -lrb- 1818 -rrb- .
he married teresa gonzález de labra y ros on july 18 , 1819 , and together they had three sons , among them the future general manuel baquedano .
after the death of his first wife , he married for a second time on june 27 , 1848 , to mercedes concha fuentealba , with whom he had another 6 children .
between 1823 and 1824 , baquedano participated in the peruvian war of independence and later under general ramón freire in the capture of chiloé -lrb- 1826 -rrb- and all the campaigns between 1827 and 1829 .
during the chilean civil war of 1829 he served under the banners of general josé joaquín prieto , and fought at the battles of ochagavía -lrb- 1829 -rrb- and lircay -lrb- 1830 -rrb- .
during the war of the confederation , he fought under manuel bulnes at the battles of portada de guías -lrb- 1838 -rrb- and yungay -lrb- 1839 -rrb- where he was injured and promoted to brigadier general .
at the chilean revolution of 1851 , he was the head of general josé maría de la cruz 's rebel army general staff , while the government troops were under the command of general manuel bulnes , of whom baquedano 's son manuel was personal adjutant .
the rebel army was defeated at the battle of loncomilla in december 1851 .
there , he and his son eleuterio baquedano where wounded and captured in battle .
he was subsequently pardoned by president manuel montt and reincorporated to the service .
in 1858 , baquedano retired completely from the army , and was named a member of the martial court of appeals of concepción .
he died of a stroke at his home in concepción , at the age of 66 .
