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Battle of Ytororó order of battle

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The following units and commanders of the Brazilian and Paraguayan armies fought in the Battle of Ytororó on December 6, 1866.

Brazilian Imperial Army

Marshal of the Army Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias

I Corps

General Jacinto Machado Bittencourt

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

5th Division
Coronel Betbeze Olivera

4th Brigade


Coronel Faria Rocha

  • 25th Corpos de Voluntarios
  • 29th Corpos de Voluntarios
  • 33rd Corpos de Voluntarios
9th Brigade


Coronel Lourenco de Araujo

  • 41st Corpos de Voluntarios
  • 42nd Corpos de Voluntarios
  • 46th Corpos de Voluntarios
  • 51st Corpos de Voluntarios
10th Brigade


Coronel Luis de Albiquerque Maranchao

  • 23rd Corpos de Voluntarios
  • 47th Corpos de Voluntarios
  • 50th Corpos de Voluntarios

II Corps

General Alexandre Gomes de Argolo Ferrao Filho

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

1st Division
General Antunes Gurjao

1st Brigade


Coronel Miranda Reis

  • 4th Line Battalion
  • 12th Line Battalion
  • 16th Line Battalion
8th Brigade


Coronel Hermes de Fonesca

  • 8th Line Battalion
  • 10th Line Battalion
  • 32nd Corpos de Voluntarios
  • 38th Corpos de Voluntarios
13th Brigade


Coronel Barros de Vasconcelos

  • 24th Corpos de Voluntarios
  • 28th Corpos de Voluntarios
  • 51st Corpos de Voluntarios

2nd Division
General Salustiano des Reis

2nd Brigade


Coronel Rodrigues Seixas

  • 2nd Line Battalion
  • 26th Corpos de Voluntarios
  • 40th Corpos de Voluntarios
5th Brigade


Coronel Fernando Machado

  • 1st Line Battalion
  • 13th Line Battalion
  • 34th Corpos de Voluntarios
  • 48th Corpos de Voluntarios

Other

Cavalry


Coronel Joao Niederauer Sobrinho

  • 6th Provisional Cavalry Corps
  • 9th Provisional Cavalry Corps
  • 13th Provisional Cavalry Corps
  • 7th Provisional Cavalry Corps, one squadron
  • 20th Provisional Cavalry Corps, one squadron
Artillery


Coronel Lobo d'Eca

  • 2nd Provisional Horse Artillery Regiment

III Corps

General Manoel Louis Osorio

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

3rd Division
General Jose Autoda Silva Guimares

3rd Brigade


Coronel Pereira Carvalho

  • 3rd Line Battalion
  • 9th Line Battalion
  • 14th Line Battalion
  • 35th Corpos de Voluntarios
7th Brigade


Coronel Frederico de Mesquita

  • 5th Line Battalion
  • 39th Corpos de Voluntarios
  • 31st Corpos de Voluntarios
  • 55th Corpos de Voluntarios

4th Division
General Herculano da Silva Pedra

11th Brigade


Coronel Olivera Bueano

  • 11th Line Battalion
  • 27th Corpos de Voluntarios
  • 32nd Corpos de Voluntarios
  • 29th Corpos de Voluntarios
12th Brigade


Coronel Francisco Caldas

  • 36th Corpos de Voluntarios
  • 44th Corpos de Voluntarios
  • 49th Corpos de Voluntarios

Paraguayan Army

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Division
General Bernardino Caballero

Cavalry


General Bernardino Caballero

  • 6th Cavalry Regiment
  • 9th Cavalry Regiment
  • 12th Cavalry Regiment
  • 19th Cavalry Regiment
  • 30th Cavalry Regiment
Infantry


Coronel Germano Serrano

  • 2nd Infantry Battalion
  • 3rd Infantry Battalion
  • 20th Infantry Battalion
  • 36th Infantry Battalion
  • 37th Infantry Battalion
  • 40th Infantry Battalion

Sources

  • Warner, William. "Paraguayan Thermopylae: The Battle of Itororo", in Strategy & Tactics, issue 271 (November/December 2011).