He proclaimed, "To die for one's country is to live" (a line from the anthem) before the firing squad.
He was captured on August 10 and executed on August 17, 1870. One of his relatives was tortured by General Canizal and forced to give up Perucho's location in August 1870. He wrote the lyrics and music of the Cuban national anthem, "El Himno de Bayamo," at the Battle of Bayamo in 1867. His home in Bayamo was the main center of the independence movement in the east, and he was one of three elected members of the Bayamo Revolutionary Committee that met there. Pedro Fiqueredo en su captura/el dia 10 de Agosto de 1870." This inscription relates to the capture of Pedro Felipe Figueredo aka Perucho, a Cuban poet and musician, who helped plan the Cuban rebellion that led to the Ten Years' War against Spanish rule. Conde de Valmaseda,/Dedica, el Coronel Canizal, esta arma/cojida al titulado Fene General insurecto/D. The silver plaque on the left side of the butt is inscribed: "Al Exmo Sor.
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