Uniforms

Uruguayan infantry

The division of Venancio Flores.

Uruguayan infantry
Uruguayan infantry: field uniform and parade uniform of the Florida battalion. Reconstruction.
Field dress
Linen drill uniform, the same for all units
Insignia
Scarlet ribbon reading “Ejército Oriental” on the kepi (decree of 26 July 1865)
Units
Florida, 24 de Abril, Voluntarios de la Libertad
Florida, parade dress
Shako and trousers in mordoré, with green stripe and plume

Uruguay sent a small division under the command of Venancio Flores. In the field everyone wore an almost identical drill uniform, and each unit was told apart by the color of its headgear. The Florida was commanded by León de Palleja, who wrote dozens of letters from the front to the Montevideo newspapers and died at Boquerón on 18 July 1866. At Tuyutí, Flores's Uruguayans were in the vanguard and took the first Paraguayan blow.

◊ Reconstruction.The field color of each battalion is not detailed in the source.

Sources: A. B. Otero and J. M. Olivero, “Una breve historia del uniforme en el Ejército Nacional”, Ejército Nacional del Uruguay.

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