Tikukufotokozerani za mbiri yakale ya Gral. Zaragoza yemwe, motsogozedwa ndi Asitikali aku East, ndikuthandizidwa ndi mbadwa za Zacapoaxtlas, adagonjetsa mdani waku France pankhondo yotchuka ya Meyi 5.
-Ignacio Zaragoza, anabadwira mu Texas (kenako chigawo cha Mexico) mu 1829.
-Adaphunzira mumzinda wa Matamoros ndi Monterrey. Pambuyo pake, adalowa Alonda a Dziko kuyamba ntchito yabwino yankhondo.
-Pazaka zake zoyambirira kulowa usirikali, Zaragoza adadzinena poyera kuti amakonda a Liberals omwe amateteza mizinda ya Saltillo ndi Monterrey motsutsana ndi General Santa Anna. Pambuyo pake, wothandizira Constitution ya 1857, adatenga nawo gawo pankhondo zofunika monga za Calpulalpan, zomwe zidathetsa Kusintha Nkhondo (1860).
-Mu 1862, poyang'anira omwe amatchedwa Asitikali Akummawa adamenya nkhondo ndi asitikali aku France ku Acultzingo ndipo patadutsa masiku, adathamangitsa wowukirawo kunja kwa Puebla (mu wotchuka Nkhondo ya Meyi 5) potero apambana mosayembekezeka malinga ndi momwe asitikali ake komanso gulu lankhondo laling'ono. Izi zikuwonetsa kupambana kwake kopambana.
-Miyezi ingapo atapambana mumzinda wa Puebla, pa Seputembara 8, Ignacio Zaragoza adamwalira likulu lomwelo ali ndi zaka 33. Chifukwa cha zochita zake, General Zaragoza adalengezedwa kuti ndi Olemekezeka Kwawo.
