Funeral engaged on november 4, 1817 by the Supreme Government of Chile in memory of the martyrs of the bloody battle of 1 and 2 october 1814 in the city of Rancagua

Authors

  • Camilo Osorio Gálvez Licenciado en Educación, Profesor de Historia y Ciencias Sociales, Universidad del Mar. Programa de Magíster en Historia Militar y Pensamiento Estratégico, Academia de Guerra
  • Cristián Guerrero Lira Doctor en Historia. Profesor Universidad de Chile y Universidad Bernardo O’Higgins

Abstract

In November 1817 took place in the Cathedral of Santiago a ceremony that had not been mentioned in the press of those years, nor in subsequent this historiographical records, has been forgotten; we refer to the funeral engaged by the Supreme Government of Chile to the martyrs of the Battle of Rancagua. The document that follow is preserved in the collection of documents sheltered in America Hall of the National Library in Santiago, part of a volume containing various items relating to the South American independence movements, and we presenting his bicentennial feat of arms, making it available to those interested.

Keywords:

Battle of Rancagua, Funeral, Heroes, Independence, Revolution