Ke hōʻike aku nei mākou iā ʻoe i kekahi ʻike biograpia o Gral. Zaragoza, ka mea i kauoha ʻia e ka pūʻali koa o ka Hikina, a kākoʻo ʻia e ka ʻōiwi Zacapoaxtlas, ua lanakila i ka ʻenemi Farani ma ke kaua kaulana o Mei 5.
ʻO ʻIgnacio Zaragoza, hānau ʻia ma Texas (a laila panalāʻau ʻo Mekiko) i ka 1829.
-Ua aʻo ʻo ia ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Matamoros lāua ʻo Monterrey. Ma hope, ua komo ʻo ia i loko o ka Nā Kiaʻi Aupuni ke hoʻomaka nei i kahi ʻoihana koa koa.
-Ma kona mau makahiki mua i ka pūʻali koa, ua hōʻike ākea ʻo Zaragoza iā ia iho ma ka makemake i nā poʻe limahana, e pale ana i nā kūlanakauhale ʻo Saltillo a me Monterrey e kūʻē iā General Santa Anna Ma hope, he kākoʻo i ke Kumukanawai o 1857, ua komo ʻo ia i loko o nā kaua koʻikoʻi e like me kā Calpulalpan, a ʻo ka hopena ka Ke Kaua Hou Hou (1860).
-Ma 1862, i ke kauoha a ka mea i kapa ʻia Pūʻali Hikina ua hakakā me ka pūʻali koa Farani ma Acultzingo a mau lā ma hope mai, ua hoʻokau ʻo ia i ka mea hoʻouka kaua ma waho o Puebla (i ke kaulana. Kaua o Mei 5) pēlā e loaʻa ai kahi lanakila i manaʻo ʻole ʻia i hāʻawi ʻia i nā kūlana o kāna pūʻali koa a me ka helu liʻiliʻi o nā mea hakakā. ʻO kēia mea i hōʻailona i kāna lanakila kaulana loa.
- I kekahi mau mahina ma hope o kona lanakila ʻana ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Puebla, ma ka lā 8 Kepakemapa, ua make ʻo Ignacio Zaragoza ma kēlā kapena like i ka makahiki 33. No kāna mau hana, ua kūkala ʻia ʻo General Zaragoza ma ke ʻano he Hanohano o ka Homeland.
