An Extraordinary Banilejo: Máximo Gómez Báez

Máximo Gómez was born in the town of Baní, province of Peravia, 84 kilometers west of Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, son of Andrés Gómez Guerrero and Clemencia Báez Pérez. He spent his childhood and adolescence in his native land. At the age of 16, Gómez joined the Dominican army in the fight against the Haitian invasions of Faustine Soulouque, achieving the rank of ensign. He fought for the annexationist troops in the Dominican Restoration War. He participated in the combat of the Santomé savannah. General Modesto Diaz commanded the cavalry forces, an outstanding combatant in the subsequent Ten Years' War in Cuba and in the 1895 War in Cuba.

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Historian of the University of Ciego de Avila "Máximo Gómez Báez" since 2016, according to Rectoral Resolution No 45/2016. Director of the "Máximo Gómez Báez" History Hall of the University of Ciego de Ávila, according to Rector's Resolution No 45/2016. President of the Honorary Chair "Máximo Gómez Báez" attached to the Faculty of Social Sciences.