Pedro Silva Gil

Pedro Silva Gil
Born(1820-08-02)August 2, 1820
Lima, Lima Province, Viceroyalty of Peru
DiedOctober 7, 1883(1883-10-07) (aged 63)
Huamachuco, Sánchez Carrión Province, Peru
Buried
Cementerio Presbítero Matías Maestro, Lima, Peru
Allegiance Peru
Branch Peruvian Army
Service years1841 — 1883
RankBrigadier General
ConflictsWar of the Pacific

Pedro Silva Gil (1820-1883) was a Peruvian brigadier general serving under the Peruvian Army. At the outbreak of the War of the Pacific in 1879 he was already retired, but he requested and obtained his return to service, being appointed Chief of Staff of the Defense Army of Lima. He fought in the Battles of San Juan and Miraflores in 1881. He then joined the resistance of the mountains led by General Andrés Avelino Cáceres and was killed in the Battle of Huamachuco.

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