Antônio Ernesto Gomes Carneiro | |
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Born |
Serro, Minas Gerais, Empire of Brazil |
November 28, 1846
Died | February 9, 1894 Paraná, Brazil |
(aged 47)
Buried at | Panteão dos Heroes (City of Lapa) |
Allegiance |
Empire of Brazil Brazil |
Service/branch | Brazilian Army |
Rank | Colonel |
Battles/wars |
Antônio Ernesto Gomes Carneiro (November 28, 1846 – February 9, 1894) was a Brazilian army officer and veteran on the Brazilian side of the Paraguayan War. After graduating from the Instituto Militar de Engenharia (Brazilian military academy) in 1872, he was made a lieutenant in 1875, a captain in 1877, a major in 1887, a lieutenant colonel in 1890 and a colonel in 1892. He fought on the side of the Republican government in the Riograndense Federalist Revolution and was killed in action.