16 in Puerto Príncipe, which included distinguished individuals like Salvador Cisneros Betancourt and Ignacio Agramonte, began to engage in revolutionary activities.

With the prevailing circumstances conveyed by Salvador Cisneros Betancourt, the Camagüeyans swiftly launched the uprising.

[2] Around 76 patriots determined to launch into the fight, on November 4, 1868, met on the banks of the Las Clavellinas river, three miles from Puerto Príncipe (now Camagüey), along Nuevitas–Camagüey Road.

[3] From Las Clavellinas, they marched to the El Cercado sugar mill, setting up camp to arrange and stockpile weapons, horses, and equipment.

[4] The men were organized into a small but efficient force of several platoons under the command of Jerónimo Boza Agramonte.