Sanguili, Julio

Julio Sanguili Garrite ( Spanish: Julio Sanguily Garrite ; November 9, 1845, Havana - March 23, 1906, ibid.) - Cuban military leader, participant in several wars for the independence of Cuba from Spain, major general of the Cuban Liberation Army, cavalryman. He was the founder and commander of the so-called Camaguei horsemen, a kind of special cavalry.

There is practically no information about his life before the Ten-Year War . It is known that on October 12, 1868, two days after the uprising in Cuba against the Spaniards, he fled to Nassau , to the British Bahamas , to take part in the landing on the Guanay Peninsula under the leadership of one of the rebel leaders, Manuel Quesada. He showed courage in many battles, especially at San Fernando de Pacheco on June 4, 1870, when he attacked a Spanish convoy of 250 infantrymen and cavalrymen with a detachment of 15 horsemen. He was wounded several times, including receiving a severe wound to his left leg under Pacheco, after which he could not climb a horse on his own. He quickly advanced in military service: already on December 27, 1868 he received the rank of sergeant, in 1870 he was awarded the rank of colonel, and in 1872 - major general.

In 1876, recovering from another wound, he was sent to the United States with a diplomatic mission, the purpose of which was to recognize the independence of Cuba, but at the request of the Spanish authorities he was arrested there and deported to Spain. After the Zanhon treaty, he was able to leave Spain first to the United States, having lived there for several years and even received American citizenship, and then in 1890 returned to his homeland, where he continued to participate in conspiratorial activities against the Spanish colonial regime. With the outbreak of the War of Independence, he was among the leaders of the uprising and was supposed to lead the western provinces of the island, but was arrested on February 24, 1895 and initially sentenced to death, but on November 27, his sentence was changed to life imprisonment, and even released on February 25, 1897 from prison, signing a promise not to participate in the ongoing war against the Spaniards. Two days after the liberation, he emigrated to New York , after the outbreak of the Spanish-American War he returned to his homeland with the American troops invading there, while his rank of Major General was confirmed. After the proclamation of Cuba as an independent republic, he did not hold any government posts.