First Battle of Tuyuti
24 May 1866

Brazilian Army

sent in by Mr. E. Stewart, U.S.A


1st Division General Argolo:

8th Brigade (da Silveira)

    8th Battalion
    16th Battalion
    10th Volunteer Battalion
    46th Volunteer Battalion

10th Brigade (Resin)

    13th Battalion
    2nd Battalion
    22nd Volunteer Battalion
    26th Volunteer Battalion
    40th Volunteer Battalion

3rd Division General Sampaio:

5th Brigade (Belo)

    3rd Battalion
    4th Battalion
    6th Battalion
    4th Volunteer Battalion

7th Brigade (Bittencourt)

    1st Battalion
    6th Volunteer Battalion
    9th Volunteer Battalion
    11th Volunteer Battalion

4th Division General de Souza:

11th Brigade (Guimarâes)

    10th Battalion
    14th Battalion
    20th Volunteer Battalion
    31st Volunteer Battalion

13th Brigade (Pereira)

    12th Battalion
    1st Volunteer Battalion
    19th Volunteer Battalion
    24th Volunteer Battalion

6th Division General Monteiro:

12th Brigade (Kelly)

    5th Battalion
    7th Battalion
    3rd Volunteer Battalion
    16th Volunteer Battalion

14th Brigade (dos Reis)

    2nd Battalion
    14th Volunteer Battalion
    21st Volunteer Battalion
    30th Volunteer Battalion

18th Brigade (Ladislau e Silva)

    38th Volunteer Battalion
    41st Volunteer Battalion
    51st Volunteer Battalion

2nd Cavalry Division General Barreto:

1st Brigade (Bastos)

    2nd Line Cavalry Regiment
    3rd Line Cavalry Regiment
    1st Corps of National Guards

4th Brigade (Bueno)


    2nd Corps of National Guard
    5th Corps of National Guard
    7th Corps of National Guard

5th Cavalry Division Colonel Pinho

3rd Brigade (Mesquita)

    4th Corps of National Guard
    6th Corps of National Guard
    11th Corps of National Guard

15th Brigade (da Luz)

    3rd Corps of National Guard
    9th Corps of National Guard
    10th Corps of National Guard

Artillery Train General Andrea:

17th Brigade (Gurjao)

    1st Mounted Artillery Regiment
    1st Foot Artillery Battalion
    3rd Foot Artillery Battalion

19th Brigade (Freitas)

    Engineer Battalion
    7th Volunteer Battalion
    42nd Volunteer Battalion

Independent Volunteer Cavalry Brigade, General Neto:

    1st. Volunteer Cavalry Corps 2nd. Volunteer Cavalry Corps 3rd. Volunteer Cavalry Corps 4th. Volunteer Cavalry Corps

Courtesy of the Office of the Brazilian Military Attaché, Washington, D.C.

Sources cited : Fragoso, General Tasso : A Guerra da Triplice Alianca contra o Paraguai. OD - Osõrio, No. 156, de 28 de Maio de 1866. Resumo Historico das Organizacoes Militares do Exercito.


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