[1] Soon he returned to Peru, residing in Arequipa, where he remained until the Battle of La Palma, victory of the rebels that put an end to the government of José Rufino Echenique, in early 1855.

[3] He ascended to second lieutenant in March 1855, and served in the ships Liberty and Guise, being discharged again by his support during the Peruvian Civil War of 1856–1858 to general Vivanco, in January 1857.

In 1871 he obtained his indefinite license, and in that state, he had active participation in the uprising in favor of Nicolás de Piérola against President Mariano Ignacio Prado.

At the outbreak of the War of the Pacific, and already with the rank of captain, was commissioned to acquire weapons and a ship in the United States,[2] a task that was interrupted, due to political swings.

He fought in the battles of San Juan and Miraflores, and had to order the destruction of several boats to prevent them from falling into enemy hands (January 1881).