 He died in Santuario, Antioquia, on October 17, 1829.In 1814 Córdova's military career started in the Engineer Corps during the independence of Antioquia as a Republic, State established by Francisco José de Caldas in Medellín.In 1815, Córdova enrolled in the revolutionary army and was sent to Tunja, where he fought as a sublieutenant and under the French Colonel Emanuel Roergas Serviez who became his mentor.