Vega, Plácido.

Biographical Note

Plácido Vega

Organized opposition in Sinaloa in 1855 to the government of Santa Anna.

Served as Commander-in-Chief of Constitutional forces in Sonora and Sinaloa during the War of the Reform (1858-1860).

Served intermittently as governor of Sinaloa in the years 1859, 1860, 1861, 1862, and 1863, turning the office over successively to Francisco de P. Maldonado, Fortino León, Manuel Márquez, Fortino León, and Jesus García Morales, and A. Rosales.

After the invasion of Veracruz by the French in 1862, Plácido Vega sent men from the army in Sinaloa to the South in support of the Federal government, in its attempt to repel the French, and made a trip to the capital himself, stopping to converse with various officials along the way.

In the spring of 1864, with Jesus García Morales serving as governor of Sinaloa, Plácido Vega departed for San Francisco, California, to negotiate for arms and supplies for soldiers of the Mexican army.

From the guide to the Plácido Vega Papers, 1855-1864, (Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.)