Curupayty order of battle explained
The following units and commanders of the Paraguayan army and the army of the Triple Alliance took part in the Battle of Curupayty on September 22, 1866.
Paraguayan Army
General José E. Díaz
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Infantry Lieutenant Colonel Luis Gonzales | - 4th Infantry Battalion
- 7th Infantry Battalion
- 9th Infantry Battalion
- 27th Infantry Battalion
- 36th Infantry Battalion
- 38th Infantry Battalion
- 40th "Asuncion" Battalion
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Cavalry reserve Captain Bernardino Caballero | - 6th Cavalry Regiment
- 8th Cavalry Regiment
- 9th Cavalry Regiment
- 36th Cavalry Regiment
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Artillery | - 50 gun of assorted caliber
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Triple Alliance Army
Commander-in-chief Bartolomé Mitre
Brazilian II Corps
General Antonio Paranhos, Viscount of Porto Alegre
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Caldas Division | 2nd Infantry Brigade | - 5th Volunteer Battalion
- 8th Volunteer Battalion
- 12th Volunteer Battalion
- 11th Line Battalion
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3rd Infantry Brigade | - 18th Volunteer Battalion
- 32nd Volunteer Battalion
- 36th Volunteer Battalion
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7th Cavalry Brigade | - 7th National Guard Provisional Corps
- 8th National Guard Provisional Corps
- 9th National Guard Provisional Corps
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Albino de Carvalho Division | Auxiliary Brigade | - 6th Battalion
- 10th Volunteer Battalion
- 11th Volunteer Battalion
- 20th Volunteer Battalion
- 46th Volunteer Battalion
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1st Infantry Brigade | - 29th Volunteer Battalion
- 34th Volunteer Battalion
- 47th Volunteer Battalion
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4th Cavalry Brigade | - 1st Chaussers Battalion
- 2nd Chaussers Battalion
- 5th Chaussers Battalion
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De Lima Division (reserve) | 6th Brigade | - 4th Cavalry Provisional Corps of the National Guard
- 5th Cavalry Provisional Corps of the National Guard
- 10th Cavalry Provisional Corps of the National Guard
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8th Brigade | - 11th Cavalry Provisional Corps of the National Guard
- 12th Cavalry Provisional Corps of the National Guard
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Light Brigade | - 13th Cavalry Provisional Corps of the National Guard
- 14th Cavalry Provisional Corps of the National Guard
- 15th Cavalry Provisional Corps of the National Guard
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Argentine I Corps
General Wenceslao Paunero
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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1st Infantry Division | 1st Infantry Brigade |
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2nd Infantry Brigade | - one infantry battalion
- the Military Legion
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2nd Infantry Division | 3rd Infantry Brigade |
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4th Infantry Brigade | - one infantry battalion
- 1st Volunteer Legion
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3rd Infantry Division | 5th Infantry Brigade |
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6th Infantry Brigade |
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4th Infantry Division | 7th Infantry Brigade |
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8th Infantry Brigade | - one infantry battalion
- 2nd Volunteer Legion
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Argentine II Corps
General Emilio Mitre
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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1st Infantry Division | 1st Infantry Brigade |
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2nd Infantry Brigade |
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2nd Infantry Division | 3rd Infantry Brigade |
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4th Infantry Brigade |
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3rd Infantry Division | 5th Infantry Brigade | - Battalion Cordoba
- Battalion San Juan
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6th Infantry Brigade | - Battalion Mendoza
- 2nd Entrerríos
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4th Infantry Division Colonel Mateo Martinez | 7th Infantry Brigade | - 9th Line Battalion
- 12th Line Battalion
- 3rd Entre Rios Batallion
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8th Infantry Brigade | - 1st Line Battalion
- 2nd Line Battalion
- 3rd National Guard Battalion
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Sources
- Munoz, Javier Romero. "The Guerra Grande: The War of the Triple Alliance, 1865 - 1870", in Strategy & Tactics, No. 245 (August/September 2007). .
- Mendoza, Hugo; Neri Farina, Bernardo; Burián, Pablo León; Caballero Campos, Herib (2013). Curupayty. Colección 150 años de la Guerra Grande / [coord. editorial: Bernardo Neri Farina. Dir. ediorial: Pablo León Burián. Dir. de la colección: Herib Caballero Campos]. Asunción: El Lector [u.a.]
- Hooker, Terry D.; Heath, Ian (2008). The Paraguayan war: organisation, warfare, dress and weapons; 252 figures, 60 illustrations, 16 maps. Armies of the nineteenth century: the Americas. Nottingham: Foundry Books. pp. 61–65.