José Tomás de la Luz Mejía Camacho, better known as Tomás Mejía, was a Mexican soldier of Otomi background, who consistently sided with the Conservative Party throughout its nineteenth century conflicts with the Liberals.
Tomás Mejía c. 1865
The outskirts of Queretaro at the time of Mejía's revolt
The Sierra Gorda
Mejía (right) in a set of cameo portraits portraying the monarchs and the leading generals of the Second Mexican Empire.
Conservative Party (Mexico)
The Conservative Party was one of two major factions in Mexican political thought that emerged in the years after independence, the other being the Liberals.
The Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral
Mexican military banquet in 1844.
José María Gutiérrez de Estrada who in 1840 was forced to flee Mexico after provoking widespread outrage for advocating the establishment of a monarchy.
Napoleon III at whose instigation the Conservative Party finally gained widespread support for monarchism.