The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Abasolo, Mariano

ABASOLO, Mariano, ä-bä-sō′lō, mä-rë-ā′-nō, Mexican patriot: b. Dolores, Guanajuato, about 1780; d. Cadiz, 1819. Joining Hidalgo's (q. v.) Mexican revolution in 1810, he rose to major-general, and was noted for humanity to prisoners. After the final rout at Puente de Calderon, 17 Jan. 1811, he fled with his chief; with him was captured by the counter-revolutionists, tried at Chihauhau, and sentenced to imprisonment in Spain, where he died.