Abstract
In many ways Madrid governed its former territory as a colony run by the military. O’Donnell organized the captaincy general of Santo Domingo into six military districts—Santo Domingo, Santiago de los Caballeros, El Seibo, Concepción de la Vega, Azua, and Samaná.¹ Manuel Buceta had been commissioned by the queen on October 5, 1861, to serve in Samaná at an annual salary of 4,500 pesos, with his command enlarged to include the entire Cibao by 1863. Under this type of rule President Santana quickly tendered his resignation as captain general and retired in 1862, frustrated with his declining influence within