Usuario:Muwatallis II/Taller/010
| Sofanor Parra | ||
|---|---|---|
 Fotografía del general Parra. | ||
| Información personal | ||
| Nombre de nacimiento | Sofanor Parra Hermosilla | |
| Apodo | El Inmortal | |
| Familia | ||
| Padres |
José Luis Parra Narcisa Hermosilla | |
| Cónyuge | Clarisa Mujica Mardones | |
| Educación | ||
| Educado en | Escuela Militar | |
| Información profesional | ||
| Área | Caballería | |
| Lealtad |
 Chile | |
| Rama militar |
 Ejército de Chile | |
| Unidad militar |
Regimiento Cazadores a caballo Regimiento Granaderos | |
| Rango militar | General de División | |
| Conflictos | ||
Sofanor Parra Hermosilla (San Carlos, Chile, 20 October 1850 – Santiago, Chile, 2 November 1925), was a Chilean military who served in the Chilean Army, standing out in the cavalry weapon, and that reached the position of divisional general.[1]
He is known for having been present in all the land campaigns of the War of the Pacific, participating in several raids and battles, as part of the cavalry unit Cazadores a Caballo, with which he gained great prestige.[2]
Family[editar]
He was the son of José Luis Parra Sepúlveda and Narcisa Hermosilla y Godoy.[3] He had four brothers: Abdón, Felisario, Abelardo and Matilde.[4] At some point he married Clarisa Mujica Mardones[4] with whom he would have had children.
Early life[editar]
He was born in the town of San Carlos, on 20 October 1850. His childhood was spent in the father's field, in the Ñuble River area, where he became accustomed to the use of the horse.[5] As his family was of high social class, he received a good education at the Lyceum and the Conciliar Seminary of Concepción.[5]
On 1 April 1867, when he had just turned sixteen, he entered as a cadet at the Military Academy of Santiago,[5] being the head of the establishment, Colonel La Fuente.[6]
Military career[editar]
First years in the Chilean Army[editar]
In May of 1869 he graduated from the Military Academy with the rank of ensign of cavalry[5] and entered the Chilean Army, forming part of the Cazadores a Caballo regiment.[6] As an officer of that cavalry regiment he participated in the military campaigns of the occupation of Araucanía, between 1872 and 1874.[1] He operated on the Malleco River line, under the command of Colonel Gregorio Urrutia. During this period he was promoted to second lieutenant and then lieutenant in 1875.[5]
War of the Pacific[editar]
When hostilities began against Peru and Bolivia in early 1879, he moved north with his cavalry unit. His first military action in the north was at the Battle of Topáter in March, where he had to command a section of the Cazadores a Caballo.[5] In the middle of the naval war, he was present in the bombing of Antofagasta by the Peruvian ironclad Húascar.[3]
Since then, he participated in almost all military actions of the war. In the first days of November he was at the Battle of Pisagua, where the Tarapacá Campaign began.[5] As a captain, he participated at the beginning of that month in a recognition near of Dolores with two companies of Cazadores a Caballo, which he had at his command along with Captain Baharona, but under the direction of Lieutenant Colonel Francisco Vergara.[7] During the reconnaissance, he fought valiantly[6] in a cavalry battle with a Peruvian-Bolivian cavalry force in Pampa Germania that they destroyed.[2] Later, he was present in the Battle of San Francisco.[6]
Between 1880 and 1881 he participated in the Campaigns of Tacna–Arica and Lima. He attended in the first campaign the Battle of Los Ángeles, Pajonales de Sama, in the military operations in the Locumba valley, Battle of Tacna, Battle of Arica and in Tarata against the montoneras of Leoncio Prado. In the second campaign he was in the Battle of Chorrillos and in the Battle of Miraflores.
Temporary retirement[editar]
Reincorporation and new commissions[editar]
Definitive retirement[editar]
Last years[editar]
Notes[editar]
References[editar]
- ↑ a b Estado Mayor General del Ejército (1981). Historia del Ejército de Chile (en spanish) V. Santiago, Chile: Impresos Vicuña. p. 73.
- ↑ a b Estado Mayor General del Ejército, 1987, p. 199
- ↑ a b The Hispanic Society of America, 1920, p. 488
- ↑ a b Pilleux Cepeda, Mauricio. «Genealogía de la Familia Parra» (en spanish).
- ↑ a b c d e f g Estado Mayor General del Ejército, 1987, p. 198
- ↑ a b c d Figueroa, 1897, p. 445
- ↑ Estado Mayor General del Ejército, 1987, p. 198–199
Bibliography[editar]
- Estado Mayor General del Ejército (1987). Galería de Hombres de Armas de Chile (en spanish) II. Santiago, Chile: Impresores Barcelona.
- The Hispanic Society of America (1920). Belmont Parker, William, ed. Chileans of to-day. New York, London; Santiago de Chile: G. P. Putnam's Sons; Imprenta Universitaria.
- Figueroa, Pedro Pablo (1897). Diccionario biográfico de Chile (en spanish) II. Santiago, Chile: Imprenta y Encuadernación Barcelona.