The interior of São Paulo was the scene of the São Paulo Revolt of 1924 from July, parallel to the battle for the city of São Paulo, until August and September, when the rebels left the capital and he
War refugees in the city of São Paulo
Army reinforcements in Itapetininga
Colonel Fernando Prestes de Albuquerque's mansion, center of the loyalist war effort in Itapetininga
Officership of the patriotic battalions of Itapetininga with Júlio Prestes (wearing a suit)
Death Column
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The Death Column was a military unit in the São Paulo Revolt of 1924, part of the tenentist forces in arms against the president of Brazil, Artur Bernardes. Commanded by João Cabanas, an officer of th
São Paulo Revolt of 1924 in the interior
…to besiege the capital; against them the rebels sent three detachments. The Minas Gerais brigade was defeated on the Mogiana Railway by João Cabanas' "Death Column". The Mato Grosso brigade took too long to move, allowing the rebels to capture Bauru, a crucial railway junction. 300 soldiers of the Public Force of…
Flag of the Death Column
João Cabanas (first on the left) in the fighting in São Paulo before the formation of the column
Cabanas (marked with an X) and his general staff in Amparo
Loyalist trenches and trail in Formigas