The siege of Lapa was a military confrontation involving the
Brazilian Army
The Brazilian Army (; EB) is the branch of the Brazilian Armed Forces responsible, externally, for defending the country in eminently terrestrial operations and, internally, for guaranteeing law, order and the constitutional branches, subordina ...
, the National Guard, the Military Police of Paraná state and civilian volunteers, which took place during the Federalist Revolution in early 1894. The city of
Lapa became the arena of a bloody confrontation between the loyalist republican troops, commonly called ''pica-paus'' (woodpeckers) against the ''
maragatos'', federalist rebels, who opposed the presidential form of government. The loyalists resisted the siege for 26 days, but succumbed due to the lack of ammunition and food.
Revolução Federalista - Polícia Militar do Paraná
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The siege gave president Floriano Peixoto
Floriano Vieira Peixoto (; 30 April 1839 – 29 June 1895) was a Brazilian military and politician, a veteran of the Paraguayan War and several other conflicts, and the second president of Brazil. Born in (today a district of the city of ...
enough time to gather and equip soldiers in São Paulo
São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...
to fight back the federalist advance. The besieged forces numbered between 700 and 900 regulars and volunteer civilians, mostly were volunteers however, fighting against the revolutionary forces which consisted of about three thousand combatants. The remains of general Carneiro, as well as many others who fell during the resistance, are buried in the town's Pantheon of Heroes.
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