Legacy The street where he was born today bears his name as well as a square in Florianópolis which was inaugurated in 1917. In Porto Alegre he was also honored, in 1870, with the name of a street, formerly called Rua do Arvoredo. The 63rd Infantry Battalion of the Army, headquartered in Florianópolis, is named after him. One of the main avenues in the city of Chapecó, in Santa Catarina, was named after Fernando Machado. The letters he wrote to his wife during the war were published in the Revista do Instituto Histórico e Geográfica de Santa Catarina in 1913 and 1914. References 1822 births 1868 deaths 19th-century Brazilian military personnel Brazilian military personnel of the Paraguayan War Brazilian military personnel killed in action People from Florianópolis