Ragamuffin War

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Ragamuffin War
Charge of the Cavalry by Guilherme Litran [pt] depicting the Riograndense army.
Date 20 September 1835 – 1 March 1845 (9 years, 5 months, 1 week and 2 days) Location Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina Result Imperial victory The Juliana Republic and the Riograndense Republic are dissolved and reintegrated into the Empire.
Belligerents
Piratini Republic  Juliana Republic Supported by: Colorados Unitarians	Empire of Brazil
Commanders and leaders
Bento Gonçalves Lima e Silva X 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]

The Ragamuffin War, also known as the Ragamuffin Revolution or Heroic Decade,^[a] was a republican uprising that began in southern Brazil, in the province (current state) of Rio Grande do Sul in 1835. The rebels were led by Generals Bento Gonçalves da Silva and Antônio de Sousa Neto with the support of the Italian fighter Giuseppe Garibaldi. The war ended with an agreement between the two sides, known as the Treaty of Poncho Verde, in 1845.

Over time, the revolution acquired a separatist character and influenced separatist movements throughout the entire country such as the Liberal Rebellions in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Minas Gerais in 1842, and the Sabinada in Bahia in 1837.

It was inspired by the recently-ended Cisplatine War and maintained connections with both Uruguayan leaders as well as independent Argentine provinces such as Corrientes and Santa Fe. It even expanded to the Brazilian coast, in Laguna, with the proclamation of the Juliana Republic and to the Santa Catarina plateau of Lages.

The abolition of slavery was one of the demands of the Farrapos movement.^[2][3] Many slaves organized troops during the Ragamuffin War, the most famous of which is the Black Lancers Troop [pt], annihilated in a surprise attack in 1844 known as Porongos Massacre.

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