Between “blood tribute” and “cheap glory”: military performance of the National Guard of the city of Buenos Aires in the military campaigns against the Confederation (1852-1861)
The National Guard of Buenos Aires city constituted a powerful identity reference for the capital´s political elite and public opinion while the Province remained separated from the Argentine Confederation (1852-1861). Widely celebrated, the urban National Guard attained a symbolic status as a multi...
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Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires
2024
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| Acceso en línea: | http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/historiayguerra/article/view/14209 |
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| Sumario: | The National Guard of Buenos Aires city constituted a powerful identity reference for the capital´s political elite and public opinion while the Province remained separated from the Argentine Confederation (1852-1861). Widely celebrated, the urban National Guard attained a symbolic status as a multi-social citizen force deeply committed to the defense of liberty and republican institutions. In this paper, its participation in the main military campaigns of the time (siege of Buenos Aires, Cepeda, Pavón) is analyzed, especially in light of Bartolome Mitre´s -the greatest promoter of the urban militia´s heroic mystique- claims about the moral and political risks its use in combat entailed, as well as about the precautions he supposedly took to protect it in battle. |
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