[2] In 1845 he was assigned to the recently created Paraguayan Navy, and the following year he was placed in command of the smack Independencia del Paraguay with the rank of second lieutenant.

[2] After participating in the Chaco expedition of 1846 of Lieutenant Colonel of Engineers Francisco Wisner de Morgenstern [es], in 1847 he was promoted to the rank of ship's lieutenant and appointed commander of the schooner República del Paraguay.

2 In 1859, he went with Justo José de Urquiza from Asunción to Paraná, Argentina with the Tacuarí after his mediation in an incident between Paraguay and the United States, and later with the then Minister of War Francisco Solano López in his mediation between the State of Buenos Aires and the Argentine Confederation.

Once the Paraguayan invasion of Corrientes began, he transported the Division of General Wenceslao Robles who was occupying the city.

During the combat he was seriously wounded when boarding the enemy steamship Parnahyba, dying four days later in the hospital of the Fortress of Humaitá.