Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín (March 24, 1829 – September 8, 1862) was a general in the Mexican Army, best known for unlikely defeat of invading French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862 (the Cinco de Mayo).
Zaragoza was born in la Bahía del Espíritu Santo, in what was then the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas, now the city of Goliad, Texas, in the United States....
Date of birth:
- Mar 24, 1829
Date of death:
- Sep 8, 1862
