Honorato del Castillo (November 30, 1838 – July 20, 1869) was a Cuban revolutionary and army general who played a key role in the Ten Years' War in Cuba.
Early life Honorato Andrés del Castillo y Cancio was born in Sancti Spíritus, Las Villas, Spanish Cuba, on November 30, 1838.Carbonell, N. (1928). Próceres, ensayos biográficos: lápices de Esteban Valderrama. Cuba: Montalvo y Cardenas.
Castillo studied and subsequently taught at the "El Salvador" school led by José de la Luz y Caballero. He was multilingual and graduated as a Doctor of Medicine before the war.Fernández, A. A. (2011). Mis Investigaciones...Y Algo Más: Obras Completas De Adalberto Afonso Fernández. (n.p.): Palibrio.
Ten Years' War Honorato del Castillo joined the war of independence against Spain following the Cry of Yara by Carlos Manuel de Céspedes on October 10, 1868.
On April 10, 1869, he served as a delegate of Sancti Spíritus at the Guáimaro constituent assembly. He was among the citizen deputies who voted for the Guáimaro Constitution.Correspondence Between the Department of State and the United States Minister at Madrid, and the Consular Representatives of the United States in the Island of Cuba: And Other Papers Relating to Cuban Affairs, Transmitted to the House of Representatives in Obedience to a Resolution. (1870). United States: U.S. Government Printing Office.
From the beginning, he was instrumental in the uprising in Cinco Villos and Sancti Spíritus. The Mambí brigadier commanded the first brigade of the Cuban Liberation Army's 3rd Division, Army of Las Villas, under Maj. Gen. Federico Fernández Cavada. It was one of the division's three brigades and operated in Sancti Spíritus. By summer 1869, he had set fire to several Spanish-owned plantations.
Death Honorato del Castillo died on July 20, 1869, in Los Naranjos, near Morón, in the province of Ciego de Ávila, Cuba.Ferrer Carbonell, O. (2005). Néstor Leonelo Carbonell: como el grito del águila. Cuba: Editorial de Ciencias Sociales. He fell victim to an ambush and was killed by Spanish forces under the command of Colonel Ramón del Portal.Provincia Ciego de Avila. (1978). Cuba: Editorial Oriente.
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