Jose de San Martin

Hola, my name is Jose de San Martin and I would like to tell my life story and accomplishments. I was born in the village of Yapeyu, in the Argentine province of Corrientes, on February 25th 1778. My father, Don Juan de San Martin, was a man of principle and held a political position in the province. My mother, Dona Greguria Matorras, was the niece of a conquistador. In 1786, I moved from my home country to Spain. This is where I got formal education and I studied in the Noble Seminary of Madrid. Three years later I decided to have a military career in the regiment of Murcia. I served the Spanish army during the Napoleonic wars and in 1808 I fought the Emperor's army itself at the Battle of Baylen. While I was in Spain I joined a lodge of South American officers promoting the independence of South American peoples. I felt the need to return to my home country, Argentina, and in 1812 I left Europe for the independently governed city of Buenos Aires. There I was recognized for my military degree and was told to set up a cavalry corps. With all this going on, I still found a way to love and I married my beautiful wife Maria Remedies de Escalada. With the inspiration to liberate South America from the Spanish I decided to create a lodge called theLautaro lodge. My first plan was to rid of some of the members of the Spanish government in South America. A peace option was made with the calling of an Assembly of Delegates from all the provinces to write a constitution. The Spanish mobilized against us and my army of mounted grenadiers held off and defeated them. In 1814, I took control of the North army and marched through the cities of Tucuman and Mendoza. I proposed a route through the Andes to get into Chile making it easier to conquer Lima, the capital of the Spanish government in South America. Accepting my proposal, the government of Buenos Aires told me to proceed with the dangerous crossing. With that I marched through the Andes and won a decisive victory at Chacabuco and then again at Maipu. I then defeated the Spranish, freeing Chile and Argentina. Marching north of Chile, I went for the jugular of the Spanish. I cornered and defeated them at a holding port and then marched to Lima in which I entered unopposed. I was named protector but had a short term in which I called off. After my lovely wife passed away, I moved back to Europe and lived in France until passing away in August 17, 1850.