Felipe Santiago Xicoténcatl
Felipe Santiago Xicoténcatl (May 1, 1804 – September 13, 1847) was a colonel in the Mexican Army under president Antonio López de Santa Anna.
Xicoténcatl was born in the town of in the state of Tlaxcala. He joined the army in 1829 as a lieutenant. In 1843 he became lieutenant colonel. During the Mexican-American War Lt. Colonel Xicoténcatl led the San Blas Battalion. It is said that Lt. Col. Xicot��ncatl in the Battle of Chapultepec, refusing the idea of letting the American forces capture the Mexican flag identifying his battalion and severely wounded, wrapped himself with the flag and died beside his men.
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Categories:
- Mexican military officers
- Mexican military personnel killed in the Mexican–American War
- People from Tlaxcala
- 1804 births
- 1847 deaths