| Battle of Passo Fundo | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Federalist Revolution | |||||||
| |||||||
| Belligerents | |||||||
 Brazil |
Federalist rebels Supported by:  Uruguayan volunteers | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Pinheiro Machado | Gumercindo Saraiva | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 4,000[1] | 3,200[1] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
|
237[1] 60-240 killed[2] 177 wounded |
250[1] 100-400 killed[2] 150 wounded 300 captured | ||||||
The Battle of Passo Fundo was a military engagement fought between forces of the First Brazilian Republic and various military units affiliated with the Federalist Revolution.[2] The battle, which was fought on 27 June 1894 along the Passo Fundo River (in the state of Rio Grande do Sul),[3] was the largest battle of the Federalist Revolution. It ended in a victory for the Brazilian Republic.[4][5]
- ^ a b c d Donato 1987, p. 383.
- ^ a b c Dixon & Sarkees 2015, p. 179.
- ^ Little 1900, p. 560.
- ^ Clodfelter, Micheal (2017-05-09). Warfare and Armed Conflicts: A Statistical Encyclopedia of Casualty and Other Figures, 1492-2015, 4th ed. McFarland. ISBN 9780786474707.
- ^ Chasteen, John Charles (1995). Heroes on Horseback: A Life and Times of the Last Gaucho Caudillos. UNM Press. ISBN 9780826315984.