19th Hunters Battalion

The 19th Hunters Battalion (19.º Batalhão de Caçadores, 19.º BC) is a unit of the Brazilian Army directly subordinate to the 6th Military Region and headquartered in Salvador, the capital of Bahia. It carries the historical designation "Batalhão Pirajá" in remembrance of its participation in the Battle of Pirajá during the Brazilian War of Independence in Bahia. Its origins trace back to the 11th Infantry Regiment, but it was formally created in 1920 and installed at the Forte de São Pedro on January 16 of that year. Before the 1930 Revolution, tenentista officers conspired within the battalion, managing to arrest the commander and join the revolutionaries while the unit was in the interior, heading north under orders from the legalist command to confront the revolution. In 1943 the barracks was transferred to the Cabula neighborhood, then largely rural, marking the beginning of state action in the area. With urbanization, the headquarters, corresponding to about one third of the current neighborhood's area, retains most of its remaining green area. Municipal environmental policy delimits there the Vale do Cascão Conservation Unit. Restricted access has allowed the conservation of one of the last remnants of Atlantic Forest in Salvador, the Mata do Cascão, where there are springs of the Rio Cascão.

The 19th Hunters Battalion (19.º Batalhão de Caçadores, 19.º BC) is a unit of the Brazilian Army directly subordinate to the 6th Military Region and headquartered in Salvador, the capital of Bahia. It carries the historical designation "Batalhão Pirajá" in remembrance of its participation in the Battle of Pirajá during the Brazilian War of Independence in Bahia. Its origins trace back to the 11th Infantry Regiment, but it was formally created in 1920 and installed at the Forte de São Pedro on January 16 of that year. Before the 1930 Revolution, tenentista officers conspired within the battalion, managing to arrest the commander and join the revolutionaries while the unit was in the interior, heading north under orders from the legalist command to confront the revolution. In 1943 the barracks was transferred to the Cabula neighborhood, then largely rural, marking the beginning of state action in the area. With urbanization, the headquarters, corresponding to about one third of the current neighborhood's area, retains most of its remaining green area. Municipal environmental policy delimits there the Vale do Cascão Conservation Unit. Restricted access has allowed the conservation of one of the last remnants of Atlantic Forest in Salvador, the Mata do Cascão, where there are springs of the Rio Cascão.

• 1943

  Barracks transferred to the Cabula neighborhood, then largely rural.

• 1930

  Before the 1930 Revolution, tenentista officers conspired in the battalion, arrested the commander, and joined the revolutionaries.

• 1920

  Battalion created and installed at the Forte de São Pedro on January 16.

1. 1Controle de Acesso19bc.eb.mil.br
2. 219.º Batalhão de Caçadoreswikidata.org
3. 319.º Batalhão de Caçadorespt.wikipedia.org