Ambrosio Jose Gonzales (1818-1893). He was born in Mantanzas, Cuba, was a Cuban conspirator who wanted to liberate Cuba from Spanish rule, and later became a Confederate officer.
He earned a law degree at Havana University before settling in South Carolina where he married Harriet Rutledge Elliot, the 16-year-old daughter of S.C. Senator William Elliot. Two of his sons, Ambrose and Narciso, founded The State newspaper in Columbia S.C.
Cuban Confederate Colonel: The Life of Ambrosio Gonzales Documentary
A documentary film, written by Virginia Tormey Friedman, and produced by Virginia Tormey Friedman and Tim Fennell, is based on the book, Cuban Confederate Colonel: The Life of Ambrosio Gonzales by Antonio Rafael de la Cova.
