Ángel Galup

Ángel Galup (c. 1780 – 1840s) was an Argentine military man, who served as Lieutenant in the Regimiento N° 4 de Infantería. As commander of this regiment he took an active part in the events that led to the May Revolution.[2]

Ángel Galup
Born1780s
Maldonado, Uruguay, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
Died1840s
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Allegiance United Provinces of the River Plate
Service/branchArgentine Army
Years of service1806-c. 1820
RankSergeant major.[1]
UnitEscuadrón de Carabineros de Carlos IV
Regimiento N° 4 de Infantería
Battles/warsBritish invasions of the River Plate
May Revolution
Argentine War of Independence

Biography

Galup was born in Maldonado (Uruguay),[3] the son of Gabriel Bacigalupe Alfaro and Inés Rodríguez Sardinha.[4] He used the surname of his stepfather José Manuel Galup,[5] a Genoese of Catalan roots, who had served like legal representative of Aimé Bonpland.[6] His half brother was the lieutenant colonel, Don Pedro Rafael Galup, who participated in the War of Independence.[7]

During the English invasions of 1806 and 1807 he participated in the defense and reconquest Buenos Aires, serving as second lieutenant in the Escuadrón de Carabineros Carlos IV.[8] He was promoted to lieutenant of the same battalion by its heroic action.[9] In 1810 Galup, adheres to the May Revolution cause. That same year, he served under orders of the Colonel Ignacio Álvarez Thomas.[10]

In 1816 Ángel Galup, was appointed military commander in Ranchos, Buenos Aires, participating in military expeditions against the Indians.[11]

References
  1. Gaceta de Buenos Aires desde 1810 hasta 1821: Resúmen de los bandos, Antonio Zinny, 1875
  2. El pronunciamiento de Mayo, Ediciones Theoria, 1958
  3. Génesis de la familia uruguaya, Juan Alejandro Apolant, 1976
  4. Garibaldi: publicación anual de la Asociación Cultural Garibaldina de Montevideo, Issues 15-20, La Asociación, 2000, 2000
  5. Revista nacional, Números 227-230, Ministerio de Instrucción Pública, 1966
  6. A Life in Shadow: Aimé Bonpland in Southern South America, 1817–1858, Stephen Bell, 2010-04-20, ISBN 9780804774277
  7. Boletín del Instituto Güemesiano de Salta, Volume 15, El Instituto, 1990
  8. Tomas de razón de despachos militares, cédulas de premio, retiros, empleos civiles y eclesiásticos, donativos, etc., 1740 a 1821, Archivo General de la Nación (Argentina), 1925
  9. Invasiones inglesas al Río de la Plata 1806-1807, Marcos de Estrada, 2009, ISBN 9789871206438
  10. Gaceta de Buenos Aires[1810-1821], Volume 1, Junta de Historia y Numismática Americana, 1910
  11. Crónicas militares: antecedentes históricos sobre la campaña contra los indios, José Juan Biedma, 1975
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