José María Bustillo (Argentina)

His father was a militia officer who fought in the British invasions of the Río de la Plata.

Later on, he worked in mail services as an employee of administration during the Juan Manuel de Rosas government.

[1] He fled to Montevideo, Uruguay, in the same ship as General Paz and joined Juan Lavalle's army in Entre Ríos.

He joined the Ejército Grande of Justo José de Urquiza and participated in the Battle of Caseros.

After this, having achieved the rank of coronel, he became the leader of the Company of Granaderos of the 2nd Battalion and was also a Congress representative that same year.