[4] When the Ten Years' War commenced, Jesús del Sol burned the family plantation, approximately worth $50,000.

Enrolling in the ranks of the Cuban Liberation Army in 1869, he fought for Cuba's freedom as a mambí captain under the general command of Federico Fernández Cavada.

[6] In the spring of 1871, while ill and alone in a hut near Santiago, a man brought him coffee with the intent to claim the bounty offered by the Spanish government for his death.

[5] Jesús del Sol was subsequently captured by Spanish authorities and sent to Spain to be imprisoned, on the condition that he should never return to Cuba.

[11] On November 4, 1873, in Santiago de Cuba, Jesús del Sol was executed by firing squad along with three other expedition leaders.