Battle of Ytororó order of battle

List of combatants

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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

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

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

### I Corps

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General Jacinto Machado Bittencourt

Division  | Brigade  | Regiments and Others

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5th Division
Colonel Betbeze Olivera

| 4th Brigade

Colonel Faria Rocha

* 25th Corpos de Voluntários
* 29th Corpos de Voluntários
* 33rd Corpos de Voluntários

9th Brigade

Colonel Lourenço de Araújo

* 41st Corpos de Voluntários
* 42nd Corpos de Voluntários
* 46th Corpos de Voluntários
* 51st Corpos de Voluntários

10th Brigade

Colonel Luis de Albuquerque Maranchao

* 23rd Corpos de Voluntários
* 47th Corpos de Voluntários
* 50th Corpos de Voluntários

### II Corps

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Coronel Hermes da Fonseca

General Alexandre Gomes de Argolo Ferrão Filho

Division  | Brigade  | Regiments and Others

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1st Division
General Antunes Gurjão

| 1st Brigade

Colonel Miranda Reis

* 4th Line Battalion
* 12th Line Battalion
* 16th Line Battalion

8th Brigade

Colonel Hermes da Fonseca

* 8th Line Battalion
* 10th Line Battalion
* 32nd Corpos de Voluntários
* 38th Corpos de Voluntários

13th Brigade

Colonel Barros de Vasconcelos

* 24th Corpos de Voluntários
* 28th Corpos de Voluntários
* 51st Corpos de Voluntários

2nd Division
General Salustiano Jerônimo dos Reis

| 2nd Brigade

Colonel Rodrigues Seixas

* 2nd Line Battalion
* 26th Corpos de Voluntários
* 40th Corpos de Voluntários

5th Brigade

Colonel Fernando Machado de Sousa

* 1st Line Battalion
* 13th Line Battalion
* 34th Corpos de Voluntários
* 48th Corpos de Voluntários

Other

| Cavalry

Colonel João 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

Colonel Lobo d'Eça

* 2nd Provisional Horse Artillery Regiment

### III Corps

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A cartoon of General Herculano Sancho da Silva Pedra

General Manuel Luís Osório

Division  | Brigade  | Regiments and Others

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3rd Division
General José Auto da Silva Guimarães

| 3rd Brigade

Colonel Pereira Carvalho

* 3rd Line Battalion
* 9th Line Battalion
* 14th Line Battalion
* 35th Corpos de Voluntários

7th Brigade

Colonel Frederico de Mesquita

* 5th Line Battalion
* 39th Corpos de Voluntários
* 31st Corpos de Voluntários
* 55th Corpos de Voluntários

4th Division
General Herculano da Silva Pedra

| 11th Brigade

Colonel Olivera Bueno

* 11th Line Battalion
* 27th Corpos de Voluntários
* 32nd Corpos de Voluntários
* 29th Corpos de Voluntários

12th Brigade

Colonel Francisco Caldas

* 36th Corpos de Voluntários
* 44th Corpos de Voluntários
* 49th Corpos de Voluntários

## Paraguayan Army

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General Bernardino Caballero Division  | Brigade  | Regiments and Others

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Division
General Bernardino Caballero

| Cavalry

General Bernardino Caballero

* 6th Cavalry Regiment
* 9th Cavalry Regiment
* 12th Cavalry Regiment
* 19th Cavalry Regiment
* 30th Cavalry Regiment

Infantry

Colonel Germán Serrano

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

## Sources

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