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On February 25, 1845, the leaders of the Farroupilha Revolution defeated in the battlefields by the imperial troops headed by Field Marshall Luís Alves de Lima e Silva - Baron of Caxias signed the Peace of Ponche Verde. That was the end of a fight among brothers which bloodbathed the noble "gaucho' soil for around ten years.
Political divergences between local leaderships and the Regent Government that was established in Brazil with the Abdication of D. Pedro I, added to economic problems resulted from the production and trade of jerked beef have triggered the rebellion.
The revolutionary uprising has been going on for seven years when the nation finally reached out for his right man: Marshall Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, successful pacificator of the provinces of Maranhão, São Paulo and Minas Gerais. Nominated as Commandant-in-Arms, the Baron of Caxias renown by this remarkable military competence and rooted on deep conciliatory spirit started on November 9,1842 his pacificatory mission.
Caxias faced with determination the revolted farroupilhas that were skilled in the art of making war in the "pampas" and in the "coxilhas". Thanks to his capacity of celebrated nhilitary chief he defeated them progressively until the Fight of Porongos, when the farroupilhas were incontestably overthrown.
Instead of treading upon the defeated, Caxias worked for their amnesty, for the respect to the private property, and for the incorporation of the farrapos leaders to the Imperial Army in the same posts they held.
From this page of our military story raises the distinguished figure of Marshall Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, future Duke of Caxias, Patron of the Brazilian Army.
No dia 25 de fevereiro de 1845, os chefes da Revolução Farroupilha, derrotados nos campos de batalha pelas tropas imperiais comandadas pelo Marechal-de-campo Graduado Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Barão de Caxias, assinavam a Paz de Ponche Verde. Terminava, assim, uma luta entre irmãos que ensangüentara a nobre terra gaúcha por cerca de dez anos.
Divergências políticas entre lideranças locais e o Governa Regencial que se instalara no Brasil com a Abdicação de D. Pedro I, aliadas a problemas econômicos decorrentes da produção e comercialização do charque, deflagraram a rebelião.
A agitação revolucionária já perdurava há sete anos, quando a Nação foi buscar o seu homem providencial: a Marechal Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, aureolado pela pacificação das províncias do Maranhão, de São Paulo e de Minas Gerais. Nomeado Presidente da Província e Comandante das Armas, o Barão de Caxias, respaldado em notável competência militar e imbuído de arraigado espírita conciliador, iniciava em 9 de novembro de 1842 sua missão pacificadora.
Caxias enfrentou com determinação os revoltosos farroupilhas, hábeis na arte de fazer a guerra nos pampas e nas coxilhas. Mercê de sua autoridade de chefe militar já consagrado, derrotou-os progressivamente até o Combate de Porongos, no qual os farroupilhas foram irremediavelmente batidos.
Ao invés de tripudiar sobre os vencidos, Caxias empenhou-se pela concessão da anistia aos rebeldes, pela respeito à propriedade privada, pela incorporação dos chefes farrapos ao Exército Imperial, com os mesmos postos que detinham. Dessa página épica de nossa história militar aflora a figura insigne do Marechal Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, futuro Duque de Caxias e, hoje, Patrono do Exército Brasileiro.
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