Emilio Mitre

Emilio Mitre (5 January 1824, Carmen de Patagones – 24 December 1893) was an Argentine Lieutenant General who participated in the Paraguayan War. He was the brother of Bartolomé Mitre and participated across the Uruguayan Civil War and the Argentine Civil Wars. Biography Mitre spent his childhood and youth in Montevideo, and enlisted in the Uruguayan Army in 1841 . He participated in the Battle of Arroyo Grande and retired with General Fructuoso Rivera to Montevideo. There he defended the city during the siege imposed by Manuel Oribe. He joined the Ejército Grande of Justo José de Urquiza at the end of 1851 and fought in the Battle of Caseros. Mitre then returned to Buenos Aires and participated in the Revolution of 11 September 1852 which divided the country between the Argentine Confederation and the State of Buenos Aires and defended the city during the siege imposed by Federal General Hilario Lagos. He was placed in command of the Mercedes garrison, with the mission of preventing future federal invasions from Santa Fe from approaching the capital in the future.