Regarding this artwork, how does the Independence, Reform, Revolution Panel's Margarita Maza Juárez incorporate the Porfirio Díaz, the soldier?
Porfirio Díaz, the soldier In the image above, Porfirio Díaz is the soldier on the extreme right. This depiction resembles a photo from 1867 when he was rising to the rank of general.  Porfirio Díaz played a central role in battles in the Reform War and the Second French Intervention. In the Reform War, in the Battle of Oaxaca of 1858, the Conservatives attacked and held Díaz and his soldiers and other leaders in the convents of Santo Domingo, Carmen Alto and Santa Catarina for 19 days before the Oaxacans broke out on January 16 and defeated the conservatives in places such as the present day Zocalo and  Llano Park.  Major battles took place, with victories for Díaz and his troops on May, 11  and again on August 5, 1860.In the  French Intervention the soldiers commanded by Díaz defeated the Imperial army of Maximillian at the Battle of Miahuatlán  on October 3, 1866, and the Battle of La Carbonara on October 18, leading to the liberation of Oaxaca City from Imperial troops on October 31. Both battles were decisive, and allowed Díaz troops to completely rearm and prepare for the Third Battle of Puebla of April 2, 1867. These victories, under Díaz also prepared the republican forces to attack Querétaro, take Maximillian prisoner, execute him, and to enter Mexico City without resistance, and restore the Republic, with Juárez as president on July 15, 1867.
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