
Angel Pacheco (13 April 1793-25 September 1869) was an Argentine general in the service of Juan Manuel de Rosas during the Argentine Civil Wars.
Biography[]
Angel Pacheco was born in Buenos Aires, Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata in 1793, the son of a Spanish father and a Chilean mother. He joined the Regiment of Patricians in 1811 and served under Jose de San Martin at the Battle of San Lorenzo in 1813 before taking part in the second Siege of Montevideo from 1812 to 1814. In 1816, he joined San Martin's Army of the Andes and was promoted to captain after the Battle of Chacabuco. He later fought at the Battle of Maipu and led a campaign in southern Chile from 1818 to 1819. After the 1820 Battle of Cepeda, he left to serve in Buenos Aires, and he served under Manuel Dorrego during the Argentine Civil Wars and fought against the Indian ranqueles on the frontier. Pacheco also commanded a cavalry battalion during the Cisplatine War, defeating the Brazilians at the Battle of Ituzaingo. Pacheco later served under Juan Manuel de Rosas, aiding in his rise to power and defeating the League of the Interior. Pacheco became a major landowner due to his friendship with Rosas, and, in 1840, he defeated Juan Lavalle's Unitarios at the Battle of Quebracho Herrado. He also crushed the Unitarios at the Battle of Rodeo del Medio in September 1841, cementing Federalist rule over Argentina. Pacheco later intervened in the Uruguayan Civil War, fighting at the 1842 Battle of Arroyo Grande and in the Great Siege of Montevideo. His disagreement with Rosas over strategy during the Platine War resulted in Rosas' defeat at the Battle of Caseros, and Pacheco was forced to go into exile in Cuba before returning to Buenos Aires after the Revolution of 11 September 1852. Pacheco retired from the military in 1853 and died in 1869.