Colonel Miguel Sotillo was the oldest son of 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...

n general Juan Antonio Sotillo

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 José Antonio Sotillo

José Antonio Sotillo

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....

 accompanied their father on a raid through the Province of Barcelona

Barcelona, Anzoátegui

Barcelona is the capital of Anzoátegui State, Venezuela and was founded in 1671. Together with Puerto La Cruz, Lecheria and Guanta, Barcelona forms one of the most important urban areas of Venezuela with a population of approximately 950,000.-History:...

, in eastern Venezuela.

Colonel Sotillo died of injuries received in the battle of Las Chaguaramas (April 3, 1862).

External links

"De la Gran Colombia a la Federación 1821 / 1870" by Fundación Polar, Historia de Venezuela en Imágenes, retrieved November 2, 2007.