José Antonio Sotillo
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Colonel José Antonio Sotillo was the youngest son of Venezuelan general Juan Antonio Sotillo
. In 1858, during the Federal War
, he and his brother colonel Miguel Sotillo
accompanied their father on a raid through the Province of Barcelona, in eastern Venezuela
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Colonel José Antonio Sotillo died during the Battle of El Lecherito, on February 2, 1860.
Juan Antonio Sotillo
General Juan Antonio Sotillo was a nineteenth century military leader from Venezuela. During his long life, a very uncommon circumstance for a military leader at the time, he served under the army of Venezuelan general Simón Bolívar, as well as in most of the Venezuelan nineteenth century civil...
. In 1858, during the Federal War
Federal War
The Federal War - also known as the Great War or the Five Year War - was a civil war in Venezuela between the conservative party and the liberal party about the monopoly of the conservatives of the land and the government positions, and their reluctance to grant any reforms. This drove the...
, he and his brother colonel Miguel Sotillo
Miguel Sotillo
Colonel Miguel Sotillo was the oldest son of Venezuelan general Juan Antonio Sotillo. In 1858, during the Federal War, he and his brother José Antonio Sotillo accompanied their father on a raid through the Province of Barcelona, in eastern Venezuela....
accompanied their father on a raid through the Province of Barcelona, in eastern Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
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Colonel José Antonio Sotillo died during the Battle of El Lecherito, on February 2, 1860.