Ragamuffin War

Ragamuffin War
Charge of the Cavalry by Guilherme Litran [pt] depicting the Riograndense army.
Date September 20, 1835 – March 1, 1845 Location Southern Brazil Result Peace treaty between both parties The Riograndense Republic is dissolved and reintegrated into the Empire.
Belligerents
Riograndense Republic  Juliana Republic	Empire of Brazil National Guard Imperial Navy
Commanders and leaders
Bento Gonçalves Sousa Neto Giuseppe Garibaldi Vicente da Fontoura David Canabarro	Pedro II Baron of Caxias Manuel Rodrigues Manuel M. de Sousa John Pascoe Grenfell
Strength
10,000 soldiers[1]	20,000 soldiers[1]
Casualties and losses
3,000 killed[1]

Theater of war map in 1839

The Ragamuffin War (Portuguese: Guerra dos Farrapos or Revolução Farroupilha) was an uprising that began in southern Brazil. It started in the province (current state) of Rio Grande do Sul in 1835.

References

1. Treece, Dave (2000). Exiles, Allies, Rebels. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313311253. ("Brazil's Indianist Movement, Indigenist Politics, and the Imperial Nation-state").

Other websites

• A review of Farroupilha Week in modern RS state Archived 2008-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
• The Farroupilha War