The Mexican insurgents were commanded by General Ignacio López Rayón and the Spanish by Félix María Calleja.

The battle resulted in a victory for the Spanish Royalists even in the face of overwhelming odds.

The viceroy of New Spain, Francisco Javier Venegas, ordered the retaking of the city of Heroica Zitácuaro as it was the contemporary site of the Zitacuaro Council, the headquarters for the direction of the entire insurgency against the Spanish crown.

In the wake of the rebel defeat at Zitácuaro, the members of the Zitacuaro Council were made to flee the city and relocated to the towns of Tlalchapa and Sultepec.

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