On 1st January 1820, by the orders of King Ferdinand VII of Spain, the Overseas Army (Ejército de Ultramar) led by Félix Calleja, count of Calderón, and Enrique José O'Donnell, count of La Bisabal, set sail in Punta Umbría, in Huelva, Andalucía, for the overseas Spanish domains, by that time rebelled against the monarchy.