Battle of Campo Osório

Battle of Campo Osório
Part of the Federalist Revolution
Death of admiral Saldanha da Gama
Date 24 June 1895 Location Near Quaraí river, Santana do Livramento, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Result Government victory End of the Federalist Revolution
Belligerents
Federalists Navy mutineers	Brazil
Commanders and leaders
Saldanha da Gama  †	Hipólito Ribeiro [pt]
Strength
400-600[1][2]	1,300[1]
Casualties and losses
150[2]	200[1]

The Battle of Campo Osório, also known as the Combat of Campo Osório, was fought on 24 June 1895 between federalist rebel forces and loyalist troops of the First Brazilian Republic, being the last battle of the Federalist Revolution.[3]

Battle

The rebels, led by admiral Luís Filipe de Saldanha da Gama, former leader of the Second Navy Revolt, were defeated by the troops of general Hyppolito Ribeiro in Campo Osório, an area near the border with Uruguay and north of the Rincão de Artigas, within the municipality of Santana do Livramento, in Rio Grande do Sul.[4][5] Alongside the Federalists also fought the Navy mutineers following the admiral.[6]

The battle resulted in the death of Saldanha da Gama, one of the main leaders of the federalists and, consequently, in the weakening of the revolution, which was officially ended with a peace treaty signed in Pelotas, between the government and Joca Tavares on behalf of the rebels, in August 23 of the same year.[7][3]

References

1. Donato 1987, p. 249.
2. Caldas 1896, p. 13.
3. de Abreu, Alzira Alves - Revolução Federalista (in Portuguese). Fundação Getúlio Vargas.
4. Vianna & Lacombe 1977, p. 566.
5. de Faria 2015, p. 210.
6. Lima 1936, p. 139.
7. "A pacificação". A Federação: Orgam do Partido Republicano. Porto Alegre. 23 August 1895.

Bibliography

• Caldas, Honorato (1896). Apotheose do Almirante Saldanha da Gama (in Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro: Typ. e Papelaria de Alex Villela.
• Donato, Hernâni (1987). Dicionário das Batalhas Brasileiras (in Portuguese). São Paulo: Ibrasa.
• de Faria, Durland Puppin (2015). Introdução à história militar brasileira (PDF) (in Portuguese). Resende: Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras.
• Lima, Afonso Guerreiro (1936). Cronologia da história rio-grandense (in Portuguese). Porto Alegre: Livraria do Globo.
• Vianna, Helio; Lacombe, Américo Jacobina (1977). "História do Brasil: período colonial, monarquia e república" (in Portuguese). Editora Melhoramentos.