Did Santa Anna do Mexico any good at all?

Mostly, he fought a few successful battles against foreign empires, but lost many more. In one of the battles that he won, one of his legs was torn off by a cannonball, which Santa Anna had dissecated. read more

For all his terrible defects, he was one of the extremely few Mexicans who offered his services voluntarily to lead troops in conflicts lopsided against Mexico, such as the Pastry War or the Mexican-American War. read more

Antonio López de Santa Anna, in full Antonio López de Santa Anna Pérez de Lebrón, (born February 21, 1794, Jalapa, Mexico—died June 21, 1876, Mexico City), army officer and statesman who was the storm centre of Mexico’s politics during such events as the Texas Revolution (1835–36) and the Mexican-American War (1846–48). read more

Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón was born in Xalapa, Veracruz, Nueva España (New Spain), on 21 February 1794. He was from a respected Spanish colonial family; he and his parents, Antonio López de Santa Anna and Manuela Pérez de Lebrón, belonged to the elite criollo racial group of American-born Spaniards. read more