Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin yakin basasa na Chile na 1829, ya shiga cikin yaƙe-yaƙe na Ochagavía da Lircay. A cikin 1831 an daukaka Maturana zuwa Manjo kuma a cikin 1834 zuwa Laftanar Kanal. A lokacin yakin Confederation
ya yi yaƙi a yaƙe-yaƙe na Portada de Guías (1838) da Yungay (1839), da kuma kama Lima. A cikin 1847 an daukaka shi zuwa Kanal kuma aka nada shi Aide-de-camp ga Shugaba Manuel Bulnes.