South Ebro Column

South Ebro Column
Columna Sur-Ebro
Active	1936-1937
Disbanded	1937
Country	Spanish Republic
Allegiance	CNT
Branch	Confederal militias
Type	Militia
Role	Home defense
Size	5,000
Colors	Red and Black
Engagements	Spanish Civil War : Aragon front, Battle of Belchite, Battle of Teruel
Commanders
Notable commanders	• Antonio Ortiz Ramírez • Miguel García Vivancos

The South Ebro Column (Spanish : Columna Sur-Ebro), commonly known as the Ortiz Column (Spanish : Columna Ortiz), was a column that fought in the Spanish Civil War. The Spanish coup of July 1936 produced a general mobilisation of the National Confederation of Labour (CNT), in which Antonio Ortiz Ramírez played a prominent role in the suffocation of the coup d'etat in Barcelona. On 24 July 1936, he left Barcelona at the head of some 800 men in the direction of Caspe, in whose vicinity was the front line.

This unit was known as the "Second Column", "South Ebro Column", "Ortiz Column" or "Red and Black Column" (until another column with the same name was created), and it grew as it absorbed many spontaneous and disorganised groups. Ortiz was not very in favour of the column being known by his name. On the occasion of the death of one of his most appreciated commanders, Luis Jubert Salieti, in January 1937 the column was renamed the "Luis Jubert Division", although in some writings it continued to appear as the "2nd Column", "South-Ebro Column" and as "División Sur-Ebro" until the end of April. ^[1]

References

1. The creation date of BM 116, 117, 118.

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