Luis Carrera

Luis Carrera
Personal details
Bornb. 1791
Santiago, Viceroyalty of Peru
DiedApril 8, 1818
Mendoza, Argentina
Military service
Battles/wars

Colonel Luis Florentino Juan Manuel Silvestre de los Dolores de la Carrera y Verdugo (1791 – April 8, 1818) was a Chilean military officer who fought in the Chilean War of Independence. Together with his brothers José Miguel and Juan José, they were some of most important leaders of Chilean struggle for independence during the period of the Patria Vieja ("Old Republic"). The Carrera family is of Basque origin.[1]