Matías Ramos Mejía

Portrait of Matías Ramos Mejía, c. 1860.

Matías Ramos Mejía (February 24, 1810 - June 11, 1885) was an Argentine colonel. He joined the 1828 coup of Juan Lavalle against Manuel Dorrego, and the 1839 rebellion of the Freemen of the South. He took part in the move of Lavalle's corpse to Potosí. He also fought in the Paraguayan War. He is the father of historian José María Ramos Mejía.

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