Appletons' annual cyclopædia and register of important events of the year .. . inted Governor and military com-mandant of the State of Vera Cruz, but wasbefore long, at his own earnest entreaty, trans-ferred to the array of operations. Next proceeding to the capital, he succes-sively declined the command of the garrison andthe portfolio of war tendered to him by Pres-ident Juarez; but, after the flight of the Gov-ernment, lie was constrained to accept thecommand-in-chief of the army, though on con-dition that he should be relieved after a shortperiod, he apprehending that his youthfulnessmight
Appletons' annual cyclopædia and register of important events of the year .. . inted Governor and military com-mandant of the State of Vera Cruz, but wasbefore long, at his own earnest entreaty, trans-ferred to the array of operations. Next proceeding to the capital, he succes-sively declined the command of the garrison andthe portfolio of war tendered to him by Pres-ident Juarez; but, after the flight of the Gov-ernment, lie was constrained to accept thecommand-in-chief of the army, though on con-dition that he should be relieved after a shortperiod, he apprehending that his youthfulnessmight give rise to embarrassing jealousies. Leaving the Government installed at SanLuis Potosi, he marched southward, and, inNovember, 1863, invested with full power forthe administration and defense of the easternStates, took up his position between Pueblaand Oajaca, the centre of his future opera-tions. During the remainder of the period ofintervention, he constituted the main stay ofthe republican cause, through an uninterruptedseries of difficulties and hardships ; and, with. 5IAZATLAN. an effective force that never exceeded 5,000,including all arms, composed of troops for themost part ill-armed and ill-munitioned, andwith insufficient means of support, he stemmedand turned the tide of invasion. Besieged inOajaca, he was forced to capitulate in Febru-ary, 1865; retained a prisoner in Puebla, heescaped in the following September; after thelapse of another twelvemonth, he again ledthe army of the East, now barely 900 strong,to victory at Miahuatlan, routing a thoroughly-equipped army of double that number; he re-captured Puebla on April 2, 1867, and contin-ued his triumph until the surrender of thecapital to the patriot forces, June 21st of thesame year. After the final reconstruction of the repub-lic throughout the country, Diaz, modestly de-clining (for the second time) the post of Min-ister of War, and other proffered honors,withdrew, another Cincinnatus, to the peacefuland tr
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