Recapture of Porto Alegre
| Recapture of Porto Alegre | |||||||
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| Part of the Ragamuffin War | |||||||
A map of Porto Alegre in 1837 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Ragamuffin rebels | Empire of Brazil | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Marciano Pereira Ribeiro (POW) | Manuel Marques de Sousa | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | 1 battalion | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
The recapture of Porto Alegre was a rising by forces loyal to the Empire of Brazil during the Ragamuffin War in June 1836. Porto Alegre, the capital of Rio Grande do Sul, had fallen to rebel forces in September 1835, and was now retaken in a mutiny led by Manuel Marques de Sousa, who had been imprisoned there.