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Cándido Silva

The bugler who sounded the victory at Curupayty.

Cándido Silva
Bugler sergeant Cándido Silva. Reconstruction.

Afro-Paraguayan bugler sergeant from Laurelty, of the 6th Battalion. At the end of Curupayty he sounded the victory with the “camiseta pytã'i” call. He survived the war and died on 24 December 1925.

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