He was known for his involvement in the Campaigns prior to the Conquest of the Desert [es] and in the Paraguay War, the latter of which he was killed in action in the Battle of Acayuazá.

[2][3] He was discharged in mid- 1853 , to dedicate himself fully to his stay and the exploitation of a salting room together with the French chemist Antonio Cambaceres .

At the outbreak of the Paraguayan War, he presented himself as a volunteer to President Bartolomé Mitre, who appointed him Colonel of the National Guards that consisted of militia troops.

When they tried to take it, they fell into an ambush by Caballero in July 1868, killing more than half of the Argentines, including Colonel Martínez de Hoz.

The same deal had with the effects of Colonel Gaspar Campos, who in that action was taken prisoner and died weeks later of dysentery in Lomas Valentinas, assisted by him.