David José Martins, known as David Canabarro (born 22 August 1796, Taquari - died 1867, Santana do Livramento) was a Brazilian general. Biography Canabarro was born to José Martins Coelho (from Porto Alegre) and Mariana de Jesus Ignacia (from Santa Catarina). The surname "Canabarro" came from his grandfather, Manuel Teodósio Ferreira, who received the nickname from Luís Teles da Silva Caminha e Meneses, 5th Marquis of Alegrete, and added it to his own name. Early military career Campaigns in the Banda Oriental Canabarro began his military career in the first campaign in the Banda Oriental of 1811–1812. David, at the age of fifteen, asked his father for permission to take his brother's place. Canabarro fought for the forces of noble Dom Diogo de Sousa, the count of Rio Pardo. After the campaign he was promoted and returned home, though later he would fight in the second campaign in the Banda Oriental, from 1816 to 1820, that culminated in the annexation of the region as a province by the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves under the name of Cisplatina. Cisplatine War Years later, he was a lieutenant in the forces of Bento Gonçalves in the Cisplatine War in 1825–1828, which culminated in a peace treaty in August 1828 that granted independence to Uruguay. There he played an important role in the Battle of Rincón de las Gallinas, saving the Brazilian army on 24 September 1825. This earned him the title of Army lieutenant. He took part in the 21st Light Cavalry Brigade commanded by Bento Gonçalves in the Battle of Ituzaingó. When the war ended, he continued his military career, this time associated with his uncle Antonio Ferreira Canabarro in the border region with Uruguay near Santana do Livramento. By 1836, he adopted the name Canabarro at the insistence of his uncle. As suggested by historian Ivo Santanese Caggiano: "he must have had some connection with the Machados and Ferreiras of Sabrosa. Consequently, the descendants of the noble Canavarros of Portugal must be the Canabarros of Brazil." Ragamuffin War Canabarro was initially neutral in the Ragamuffin War. He later enlisted as a lieutenant, but quickly rose through the ranks and took command in June 1843, when Bento Gonçalves, to avoid a split among Republicans, left the command and went on to serve under the orders of Canabarro. His only defeat in war was in the Battle of Porongos,