Calixto García
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For the Cuban municipality, see Calixto García, Cuba.
"General Garcia" redirects here. For other uses, see General Garcia (disambiguation).
Calixto García Íñiguez (August 4, 1839 – December 11, 1898) was a Cuban general in three Cuban uprisings, part of the Cuban War for Independence: the Ten Years' War, the Little War, and the War of 1895, itself sometimes called the Cuban War for Independence, which bled into the Spanish–American War, ultimately resulting in national independence for Cuba.[1]
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is García and the second or maternal family name is Íñiguez.