Battle of Fort Cachimán

This battle took place during the month of April 1845, when the then Haitian President Philippe Guerrier, for which he was succeeded by General Jean-Louis Pierrot, who said in a loud voice that the island was indivisible, asking the Dominicans to integrate with Haiti so that a single nation would be formed. Obviously, the Dominicans had decided to be free and independent before any foreign power forever, so they promised to support and uphold the nascent Dominican nation proclaimed on the night of February 27, 1844.

The main protagonist of this feat was General Antonio Duvergé, who mobilized his troops in the morning hours. Duvergé divided his troops into three columns, the first under the command of General Felipe Alfau, who left first at that point because his route was greater, he had to cut off the enemy's retreat with an encircling movement to the South. The second command of the Dominican military, was led by Colonel Francisco Pimentel, with artillery pieces, was to attack the Haitians frontally, and the third command, was led by General Duvergé, who had decided to confront the Haitian troops from the right.

In these circumstances, General Duvergé, possessing the Cachimán barracks with his troops, conquered by the victorious Dominican troops, when the hours marked 8:00 at night, sent on April 17, 1849 the President, General Pedro Santana, an official part in which he announced: "we have taken the fort of Cachimán."