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José de San Martín, the great Argentine general who led the independence movement in the
Southern Cone (Théodore Gericault, ca. 1819)
in exchange for their eventual freedom. Chile levied special taxes to
support the new patriot army, just as the citizens of Mendoza had sup-
ported the liberation of Chile. In 1820, 23 ships carrying a patriot army
of 4,500 soldiers set sail for Lima.
The campaign in Peru did not unfold according to plan, however.
San Martín disembarked his troops at Pisco, 125 miles south of Lima,
and sent the fleet on to blockade the port of Callao. His patriot column
then marched north, circling around the viceregal capital of Lima and
setting up a headquarters at Huacho. San Martín's presence sparked
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