Batallón de Voluntarios Rebajados de Buenos Aires
Colonel Joaquín Ramiro
Disbanded1852
CountryArgentina
AllegianceArgentine Confederation Argentine Confederation
BranchArgentine Army
TypeInfantry
EngagementsBatalla de Quebracho Herrado
Battle of Costa Brava
Sitio de Montevideo
Batalla de la Vuelta de Obligado
Batalla de Caseros

Batallón de Voluntarios Rebajados de Buenos Aires was a 19th-century Argentine military unit formed mainly with veterans of the Brazilian War and the expeditionaries to the Desert of 1833 and 1834 (Desert Campaign (1833–34)).[1] It was a special unit of the Federal Party of active participation during the civil war between federales and unitarios.[2]

It was one of the military units sent from Buenos Aires to serve during the Siege of Montevideo. Some 360 members of 3rd Escuedrón of the Batallón de Rebajados took part in the Battle of Quebracho Herrado against the Unitarian troops of Juan Lavalle.[3]

History

It was an infantry unit created in 1840 during the government of Juan Manuel de Rosas, who appointed Colonel Joaquín Ramiro as commander of the Battalion.[4] This military unit had militia companies of cazadores, granaderos and artilleros.[5] It was one of the military units in which Rosas counted, to protect the city of Buenos Aires when occurred the Invasion of Lavalle.[6]

This unit took an active part in the Batalla de Costa Brava, occurred on August 15 and 16, 1842 in the Province of Corrientes against the troops of Giuseppe Garibaldi.[7] In 1843, the Batallón of Rebajados of Buenos Aires traveled to the Banda Oriental to support the forces of Manuel Oribe, having an active participation during the Guerra Grande.[8]

Messengers of this battalion were entrusted to deliver the correspondence of Manuel Oribe to the consuls of France and England during the armistice of 1847.[9] The Rebajados de Buenos Aires served throughout the siege of Montevideo until the fall of Manuel Oribe in 1851. This Battalion also took part in the Battle of Vuelta de Obligado, against the Anglo-French squads that invaded the waters of the Parana River on November 20, 1845.[10]

Several officers belonging to the battalion corps of Rebajados participated in the persecution of political opponents of Juan Manuel de Rosas, and in the compliance with the laws decreed by his government. A veteran officer of this unit, Lieutenant Sinforoso Canaveris is registered in the files of the Central Police Department, concerning an incident that he had with a citizen for the no use of the divisa federal, during the celebrations for the anniversary of the Revolution of the Restorers (October 1840).[11]

The uniform of this unit was red, similar to other military corps of the Argentine Confederation, and had an armament composed of spears and facon, with some soldiers equipped with single-shot carbines. The officers of this unit were armed with saber and flintlock pistols, and wore red jacket uniform with its respective divisa federal.[12] According to the British Packett, this Battalion wore an arrogant appearance during its entry into the battlefield, and according to the same newspaper the officers uniform was similar to that used by the English army.[13]

This battalion had an excellent military band, which had great acceptance from the public of Buenos Aires during the patriotic and government parades held in honor of Juan Manuel de Rosas.[14]

Great Siege of Montevideo

List of the Plana Mayor of the 1st Battalion of Voluntarios Rebajados of Buenos Aires during the Siege of Montevideo.

  • Joaquín Ramiro, colonel
  • Pedro M. Brizuela, lieutenant colonel
  • Bernabé Galeano, major
  • Cosme Pader, captain
  • Sinforoso Canaveris, 1st lieutenant
  • Manuel Esmilar, 2nd lieutenant
  • Martín José Sosa, second lieutenant
  • Floro Leonetti, second lieutenant
  • José Hernandez, 1st sergeant
  • Pedro Miranda, 1st sergeant

These officers and sub officers took part during the entire Siege of Manuel Oribe to Montevideo (1843-1851).[15]

References

  1. ↑ Los cuerpos militares en la historia argentina: organización y uniformes : 1550-1950, Julio Mario Luqui-Lagleyze, 1995, ISBN 9789504366379
  2. ↑ Vida politica de Juan Manuel de Rosas, Julio Irazusta, Juan Manuel José Domingo Ortiz de Rosas, 1947
  3. ↑ Epoca de Rosas, Volumen3, Ernesto Quesada, 1927
  4. ↑ Vida política de Juan Manuel de Rosas, a través de su correspondencia, Volumen 7, Ediciones Trivium, 1970, 1970
  5. ↑ Revista del Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Históricas Juan Manuel de Rosas, Números 54-57, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Históricas Juan Manuel de Rosas, 1999
  6. ↑ Vida militar y política del general argentino Don J. Lavalle, etc, Pedro Lacasa, 1858
  7. ↑ Boletín de la Academia nacional de la historia, Volúmenes 9-10, Academia Nacional de la Historia (Argentina), 1936
  8. ↑ Historia política y militar de las repúblicas del Plata desde el año de 1828 hasta el de 1866, Volume 6, Antonio Díaz, 1878
  9. ↑ Archivo americano y espíritu de la prensa del mundo, Temas5-7, Buenos Aires, 1848
  10. ↑ Los cuerpos militares en la historia argentina: organización y uniformes : 1550-1950, Julio Mario Luqui-Lagleyze, 1995, ISBN 9789504366379
  11. ↑ Indice del Archivo del Departamento general de Policía, Buenos Aires - Departamento de Policía - Archivo
  12. ↑ Uniformes Militares Usados en la Argentina Desde El Siglo XVI Hasta Nuestros Días, Enrique Udaondo, 1922
  13. ↑ Marinos durante la dictadura, Argentina, 1935
  14. ↑ La época de rosas, 1830-1851, Vicente Gesualdo, 1978
  15. ↑ El gobierno del Cerrito: pte. 1-2 Poder legislativo; actas...y documentos, Uruguay, Presidente, 1843-1851 (Oribe), 1948
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