Pedro Bustamante

This article is about the Peruvian general. For the Peruvian painter, see Pedro Azabache Bustamante.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Bustamante and the second or maternal family name is García.
Pedro Bustamante
Born(1825-01-25)January 25, 1825
Arequipa, Department of Arequipa, Peru
DiedJuly 16, 1885(1885-07-16) (aged 60)
Santa Rosa de Ocopa, Junín, Peru
Allegiance Peru
Branch Peruvian Army
Service years1839 – 1885
Rank Brigadier General
ConflictsPeruvian-Bolivian War

Peruvian Civil War of 1856–1858

Chincha Islands War

War of the Pacific

Peruvian Civil War of 1884–1885

  • Battle of Masma (DOW)

Pedro Bustamante y García (1825-1885) was a Peruvian Brigadier General of the War of the Pacific. He served as the Minister of War and Navy throughout various presidencies during the 1860s and 1870s. He was also known as the main commander during the Siege of Arequipa where he defeated the Conservative forces of Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco.

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