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The Military Police are reserve

Military reserve force

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and ancillary forces of the Brazilian Army

Brazilian Army

The Brazilian Army is the land arm of the Brazilian Military. The Brazilian Army has fought in several international conflicts, mostly in South America and during the 19th century, such as the Brazilian War of Independence , Argentina-Brazil War , War of the Farrapos , Platine War , Uruguayan War ...

, and part of the System of Public Security

Public security

To meet the increasing challenges in the public security area, responsible public institutions and organisations can tap into their own intelligence to successfully address possible threats in advance...

and Brazilian Social Protection. Its members are called Military's States.

The primary mission of PMPR is the ostensible and preventive policing

Police

The police is a personification of the state designated to put in practice the enforced law, protect property and reduce civil disorder in civilian matters. Their powers include the legitimized use of force...

for the maintenance of public order in the State of Paraná

Paraná (state)

Paraná is one of the states of Brazil, located in the South of the country, bordered on the north by São Paulo state, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by Santa Catarina state and the Misiones Province of Argentina, and on the west by Mato Grosso do Sul and the republic of Paraguay,...

History

The Military Police of Paraná was created as a unit of Skirmisher

Skirmisher

Skirmishers are infantry or cavalry soldiers stationed ahead or alongside a larger body of friendly troops. They are usually placed in a skirmish line to harass the enemy.-Pre-modern:...

s on August 10, 1854, under the name of the Police Force, like a military company

Company (military unit)

A company is a military unit, typically consisting of 80–225 soldiers and usually commanded by a Captain, Major or Commandant. Most companies are formed of three to five platoons although the exact number may vary by country, unit type, and structure...

.
This origin is due to military necessity of the Empire of Brazil in reinforcing the troops of the Army in emergency situations.
With the Proclamation of the Republic of Brazil has adopted a Constitution

Constitution

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based on the United States where the states have a large autonomy. With that the police have become small regional armies.

The history of PMPR shows an honorable participation in the events that marked Brazilian national life at that time.

War of the Triple Alliance
War of the Triple Alliance
The Paraguayan War , also known as War of the Triple Alliance , was a military conflict in South America fought from 1864 to 1870 between Paraguay and the Triple Alliance of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay...
Federalist Revolution
Federalist Riograndense Revolution (Brazil)
The Federalist Riograndense Revolution was a revolution in the State of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil against the Republic proclaimed in 1889.Inspired by the monarchist Gaspar Silveira Martins, it had as military head Gumercindo Saraiva...
Contestado War
Contestado War
The Contestado War , broadly speaking, was a guerrilla war for land between settlers and landowners, the latter supported by the Brazilian state's police and military forces, that lasted from October 1912 to August 1916....
Revolt of 1924
Revolution of 1930
Revolution of 1932
Constitutionalist Revolution
The Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932 is the name given to the uprising of the population of the Brazilian state of São Paulo against the 1930 coup d'état whereby Getúlio Vargas assumed the nation's Presidency; Vargas was supported by the military and the political elites of Minas Gerais, Rio...

This dangerous situation for the national unity remained until the end of the World War II, with the deposition of the dictatorial government of Getúlio Vargas

Getúlio Vargas

Getúlio Dornelles Vargas served as President of Brazil, first as dictator, from 1930 to 1945, and in a democratically elected term from 1951 until his suicide in 1954. Vargas led Brazil for 18 years, the most for any President, and second in Brazilian history to Emperor Pedro II...

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It was only from 1946 that the military police who have purchased the configuration now, a kind of gendarmerie

Gendarmerie

A gendarmerie or gendarmery is a military force charged with police duties among civilian populations. Members of such a force are typically called "gendarmes". The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary describes a gendarme as "a soldier who is employed on police duties" and a "gendarmery, -erie" as...

which is subject to the States.

Historic Designations

1854 - Police Force.
1874 - Police Corps.
1891 - Military Police Corps.
1892 - Security Regiment.
1917 - Military Force.
1932 - Public Force.
1939 - Police Force.
1946 - Military Police.

Organization

The PMPR is operationally organized into battalion

Battalion

A battalion is a military unit of around 300–1,200 soldiers usually consisting of between two and seven companies and typically commanded by either a Lieutenant Colonel or a Colonel...

s, companies

Company (military unit)

, and platoon

Platoon

A platoon is a military unit typically composed of two to four sections or squads and containing 16 to 50 soldiers. Platoons are organized into a company, which typically consists of three, four or five platoons. A platoon is typically the smallest military unit led by a commissioned officer—the...

s; and administratively, in departments.
The battalions are based in major urban centers, and their companies and platoons are distributed according to population density in cities.

The Military Police of Paraná is present in all cities of the State.

Battalions of Military Police

1st Battalion of Military Police - Ponta Grossa
Ponta Grossa
Ponta Grossa is a city in the state of Paraná, Brazil. With a population of over 315,000 inhabitants, it is the 4th most populous city of Paraná.It is the second industrial pole of the State, exceeded only by Curitiba—the State's capital and largest city...

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2nd Battalion of Military Police - Jacarezinho
Jacarezinho, Paraná
Jacarezinho is a town with around 40,000 inhabitants, in the state of Paraná, Brazil. It is situated at near the Jacaré River and it is a major center for the region. Its economy is made up of 34% industries, 55% services , 11% agriculture . The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of...

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3rd Battalion of Military Police - Pato Branco
Pato Branco
Pato Branco is a city in the southwest part of the Brazilian state Paraná. The municipality covers 537,8 km² and has a population of 66,680 . Pato Branco started off as a village in 1942 and was given status as a city December 14th 1952...

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4th Battalion of Military Police - Maringá
Maringá
Maringá is a city in southern Brazil that was founded on May 10, 1947. Maringá is the third largest city in the state of Paraná. The city has a population of 357,117 , 612,617 in its metropolitan area...

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5th Battalion of Military Police - Londrina
Londrina
Londrina is a city located in the northern region of the state of Paraná, Brazil, and is 369 km away from the capital, Curitiba. Londrina was originally founded by British settlers. The city exerts great influence on Paraná and Brazil's south region...

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6th Battalion of Military Police - Cascavel
Cascavel
Cascavel is a city and municipality in western Paraná state, Brazil. The population is 296.975 inhabitants.The city is on a plateau 781 meters above sea level...

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7th Battalion of Military Police - Cruzeiro do Oeste
Cruzeiro do Oeste
Cruzeiro do Oeste is a town and municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil.-References:...

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8th Battalion of Military Police - Paranavaí
Paranavaí
Paranavaí is a city in southern Brazil that was founded on December 14, 1952. Paranavaí is located in the Northwest part of the state of Paraná and has a population of 95,470 . It constitutes a medium regional centre, where its main activities include commerce, services, and agro-industries...

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9th Battalion of Military Police - Paranaguá
Paranaguá
Paranaguá is a city in the state of Paraná in Brazil. Founded in 1648, it is Paraná's oldest city.It is known for its excellent port facilities, being the sea port for Curitiba, the capital of Paraná....

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10th Battalion of Military Police - Apucarana
Apucarana
Apucarana is a municipality in the state of Paraná in Brazil, located at coordinates . The municipality covers at an elevation of above mean sea level. Its 2008 population was estimated as 120,133.- Transportation :The city is served by Cap...

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11th Battalion of Military Police - Campo Mourão
Campo Mourão
Campo Mourão is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Paraná. Its population in 2009 was 90,460 inhabitants. The people from Campo Mourão are called mourãoenses....

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12th Battalion of Military Police - Curitiba
Curitiba
Curitiba is the capital of the Brazilian state of Paraná. It is the largest city with the biggest economy of both Paraná and southern Brazil. The population of Curitiba numbers approximately 1.75 million people and the latest GDP figures for the city surpass US$61 billion according to...

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13th Battalion of Military Police - Curitiba;
14th Battalion of Military Police - Foz do Iguaçu
Foz do Iguaçu
Foz do Iguaçu is the 7th largest city in Paraná state, Brazil, with a population of 255,900 inhabitants. It is located approximately 650 km west of Curitiba, Parana's capital city, being the westernmost city in that state...

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15th Battalion of Military Police - Rolândia
Rolândia
Rolândia is a town and municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil.-References:...

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16th Battalion of Military Police - Guarapuava
Guarapuava
Guarapuava is a city in the mid south of Paraná state in Brazil. It is the largest city in that state by area.Guarapuava is located at 25°23'36" south and 51°27'19" west. The region is known as the centre of the state of Paraná, in the third plateau, also called of the Plateau of Guarapuava...

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17th Battalion of Military Police - São José dos Pinhais
São José dos Pinhais
São José dos Pinhais is a city in Paraná, Brazil. It is located at around . It is a part of the Metropolitan Region of Curitiba. St. Joseph of the Pines is a municipality in the state of Paraná, located in the Greater Curitiba. It is located at 25 ° 32'05 "south latitude and 49 º 12'23" west...

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18th Battalion of Military Police - Cornélio Procópio
Cornélio Procópio
Cornélio Procópio is a town and municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil.-References:...

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19th Battalion of Military Police - Toledo
Toledo, Paraná
The city of Toledo is located in the Western region of Paraná state, a state located in the south of Brazil.The city is bordered by the following towns/cities:* North: Maripá e Nova Santa Rosa;* South: Santa Tereza do Oeste e São Pedro do Iguaçu;...

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20th Battalion of Military Police - Curitiba;
21st Battalion of Military Police - Francisco Beltrão
Francisco Beltrão
Francisco Beltrão is the largest town in the southwest region of Paraná state in Brazil. It was established on December 14, 1952. According to the official The population is about 72,000 inhabitants, which 85% live in the city and 15% in the land. Francisco Beltrão is very close to two another...

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- 1st Independent Company of Military Police - Lapa
  Lapa, Paraná
  Lapa, Paraná is a town and municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil.-References:...
  
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- 2nd Independent Company of Military Police - Rio Negro
  Rio Negro, Paraná
  Rio Negro, Paraná is a town and municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil.-References:...
  
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- 3rd Independent Company of Military Police - Telêmaco Borba
  Telêmaco Borba
  Telêmaco Borba is a town and municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil. With an population 69,878 in 2010 based on the census.Telêmaco Borba is Capital of Paper....
  
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- 4th Independent Company of Military Police - Londrina;
- 5th Independent Company of Military Police - Umuarama;
- 6th Independent Company of Military Police - Ivaiporã
  Ivaiporã
  Ivaiporã is a town and municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil.-References:...
  
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- 7th Independent Company of Military Police - Arapongas
  Arapongas
  Arapongas is a municipality in Paraná. The population was estimated at 103,186 in 2007.It is served by Alberto Bertelli Airport.- Notable natives :*Luciano Pagliarini - Brazilian cyclist....
  
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- 8th Independent Company of Military Police - Irati.

Special Units

Regiment
Regiment
A regiment is a major tactical military unit, composed of variable numbers of batteries, squadrons or battalions, commanded by a colonel or lieutenant colonel...

of Mounted Police
Mounted police
Mounted police are police who patrol on horseback or camelback. They continue to serve in remote areas and in metropolitan areas where their day-to-day function may be picturesque or ceremonial, but they are also employed in crowd control because of their mobile mass and height advantage and...

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Battalion of Control of Urban Traffic
Traffic
Traffic on roads may consist of pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, streetcars and other conveyances, either singly or together, while using the public way for purposes of travel...

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Battalion of Highway Patrol
Highway patrol
A highway patrol is either a police unit created primarily for the purpose of overseeing and enforcing traffic safety compliance on roads and highways, or a detail within an existing local or regional police agency that is primarily concerned with such duties.Duties of highway patrols or traffic...

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Battalion of Security
Security police
In some countries, including the United States, security police are those persons, employed by or for a governmental agency, who provide police and security services to those agencies' properties....

Prison
Prison
A prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime...

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Battalion of Environmental
Natural environment
The natural environment encompasses all living and non-living things occurring naturally on Earth or some region thereof. It is an environment that encompasses the interaction of all living species....

Police;
Battalion of School Patrol
Campus police
Campus Police or University police in the United States and Canada are often sworn police officers employed by a public school district, college or university to protect the campus and surrounding areas and the people who live on, work on and visit it....

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Battalion of Events (sports competitions, festivals, street protest, etc.);
Battalion of Special Operations
Special operations
Special operations are military operations that are considered "special" .Special operations are typically performed independently or in conjunction with conventional military operations. The primary goal is to achieve a political or military objective where a conventional force requirement does...

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- Independent Company of Security Police
  Security police
  In some countries, including the United States, security police are those persons, employed by or for a governmental agency, who provide police and security services to those agencies' properties....
  
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- Independent Company of Border Police
  Border guard
  The border guard, frontier guard, border patrol, border police, or frontier police of a country is a national security agency that performs border control, i.e., enforces the security of the country's national borders....
  
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Administrative Commands

Medical Department;
- Hospital of Military Police;
- Veterinary Center;
Department of Teaching;
- Academy
  Military academy
  A military academy or service academy is an educational institution which prepares candidates for service in the officer corps of the army, the navy, air force or coast guard, which normally provides education in a service environment, the exact definition depending on the country concerned.Three...
  
  of Military Police;
- School of Military Police;
Department of Logistic
Military logistics
Military logistics is the discipline of planning and carrying out the movement and maintenance of military forces. In its most comprehensive sense, it is those aspects or military operations that deal with:...

Support;
Department of Personnel
Human resources
Human resources is a term used to describe the individuals who make up the workforce of an organization, although it is also applied in labor economics to, for example, business sectors or even whole nations...

;
Department of Finance.

Firefighters Corps

The Corps of Firefighters was created in 1912.
The Corporation is militarized like the Sapeurs-pompiers of France, and is subject to the structure of PMPR. One groupment is equivalent to a battalion, and a subgroupment is equivalent to a company. The groupments and subgroupments are based in major urban centers. In the smaller towns, fire fighting is carried out by small detachment

Detachment (military)

A detachment is a military unit. It can either be detached from a larger unit for a specific function or be a permanent unit smaller than a battalion. The term is often used to refer to a unit that is assigned to a different base from the parent unit...

of volunteer firefighters

Volunteer fire department

See also the Firefighter article and its respective sections regarding VFDs in other countries.A volunteer fire department is a fire department composed of volunteers who perform fire suppression and other related emergency services for a local jurisdiction.The first organized force of...

1st Groupment of Firefighters - Curitiba;
2nd Groupment of Firefighters - Ponta Grossa;
3rd Groupment of Firefighters - Londrina;
4th Groupment of Firefighters - Cascavel;
5th Groupment of Firefighters - Maringá;
6th Groupment of Firefighters - São José dos Pinhais
São José dos Pinhais
São José dos Pinhais is a city in Paraná, Brazil. It is located at around . It is a part of the Metropolitan Region of Curitiba. St. Joseph of the Pines is a municipality in the state of Paraná, located in the Greater Curitiba. It is located at 25 ° 32'05 "south latitude and 49 º 12'23" west...

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7th Groupment of Firefighters - Curitiba;
- 1st Independent Subgroupment of Firefighters - Foz de Iguaçu;
- 2nd Independent Subgroupment of Firefighters - Paranaguá;
- 3rd Independent Subgroupment of Firefighters - Ivaiporã
  Ivaiporã
  Ivaiporã is a town and municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil.-References:...
  
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- 4th Independent Subgroupment of Firefighters - Pato Branco
  Pato Branco
  Pato Branco is a city in the southwest part of the Brazilian state Paraná. The municipality covers 537,8 km² and has a population of 66,680 . Pato Branco started off as a village in 1942 and was given status as a city December 14th 1952...
  
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- 5th Independent Subgroupment of Firefighters - Francisco Beltrão;
- 6th Independent Subgroupment of Firefighters - Guarapuava;
- 7th Independent Subgroupment of Firefighters - Apucarana;
- 8th Independent Subgroupment of Firefighters - Umuarama;
- Center for Teaching and Training
  Training
  The term training refers to the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and competencies as a result of the teaching of vocational or practical skills and knowledge that relate to specific useful competencies. It forms the core of apprenticeships and provides the backbone of content at institutes of...
  
  - Piraquara
  Piraquara
  Piraquara is a town and municipality in the state of Paraná in the Southern Region of Brazil.-References:...
  
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Fire apparatus

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Uniforms

From 1854 until the early years of the Republic, the PMPR used the dark blue in their uniforms. In 1912 was adopted the khaki

Khaki

This article is about the fabric. For the color, see Khaki . Kaki, another name for the persimmon, is often misspelled "Khaki".Khaki is a type of fabric or the color of such fabric...

color, which by tradition is still in use today. The firefighters wear the same uniforms of the Military Police, just adding their badges and insignia

Insignia

Insignia or insigne pl -nia or -nias : a symbol or token of personal power, status or office, or of an official body of government or jurisdiction...

Ranks

The PMPR has the same hierarchical classification of the Brazilian Army, with another type of insignias.

Colonel Colonel Colonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...	Lieutenant Colonel Lieutenant colonel Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies and most marine forces and some air forces of the world, typically ranking above a major and below a colonel. The rank of lieutenant colonel is often shortened to simply "colonel" in conversation and in unofficial correspondence...	Major Major Major is a rank of commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every military in the world.When used unhyphenated, in conjunction with no other indicator of rank, the term refers to the rank just senior to that of an Army captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel. ...	Captain	First Lieutenant Lieutenant A lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer in many nations' armed forces. Typically, the rank of lieutenant in naval usage, while still a junior officer rank, is senior to the army rank...	Second Lieutenant	Aspirant Aspirant Aspirant is a military rank in the Canadian Navy, French military, Brazilian military, Romanian Navy and Polish Police.-Canadian Navy:Similar to the French usage, the Canadian Navy uses the French-language rank of "Aspirant de marine" to denote a junior officer under training. The same rank in the...	Sub-Lieutenant Sub-Lieutenant Sub-lieutenant is a military rank. It is normally a junior officer rank.In many navies, a sub-lieutenant is a naval commissioned or subordinate officer, ranking below a lieutenant. In the Royal Navy the rank of sub-lieutenant is equivalent to the rank of lieutenant in the British Army and of...

First Sergeant First Sergeant First sergeant is the name of a military rank used in many countries, typically a senior non-commissioned officer.-Singapore:First Sergeant is a Specialist in the Singapore Armed Forces. First Sergeants are the most senior of the junior Specialists, ranking above Second Sergeants, and below Staff...	Second Sergeant Second Sergeant Second Sergeant is a Specialist rank in the Singapore Armed Forces. Second Sergeants are more senior than Third Sergeants, but less senior than First Sergeants. The rank insignia for a Second Sergeant features the three chevrons pointing down shared by all Specialists, and one chevron pointing...	Third Sergeant Third Sergeant Third Sergeant is a Specialist rank in the Singapore Armed Forces. Third Sergeants are the most junior of Specialists, ranking above Corporal First Class, who, in the SAF, are not considered Specialists and do not have command authority...	Corporal Corporal Corporal is a rank in use in some form by most militaries and by some police forces or other uniformed organizations. It is usually equivalent to NATO Rank Code OR-4....	Private Private (rank) A Private is a soldier of the lowest military rank .In modern military parlance, 'Private' is shortened to 'Pte' in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries and to 'Pvt.' in the United States.Notably both Sir Fitzroy MacLean and Enoch Powell are examples of, rare, rapid career... of First Class

Sources

Campanha do Contestado - Volume 1, 2 e 3; de Demerval Peixoto; Edição Farol do Saber - Prefeitura Municipal de Curitiba; 1995.
De Catanduvas ao Oiapoque; de Milton Ivan Heller; Instituto Histórico e Geográfico do Paraná; 2007; ISBN 85-7662-027-8.
Episódios da História da PMPR - Volume I ao VII; do Capitão João Alves da Rosa Filho; Edição da Associação da Vila Militar; 2000.
O Paraná na Guerra do Paraguai; de David Carneiro; Edição Farol do Saber - Prefeitura Municipal de Curitiba; 1995.
O Paraná na História Militar do Brasil; de David Carneiro; Edição Farol do Saber - Prefeitura Municipal de Curitiba; 1995.
Os Voluntários da Pátria na Guerra do Paraguai - Volume 2, Tomo I e IV; do General Paulo de Queiroz Duarte; Edição da Bibliex; 1983.

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