Abstract
I propose to examine some consequences of the actions of Count Lippe in the trajectories of three militaries of Cunha Mattos’s family. The text aims to show how, despite the undeniable limitations of those military reforms adopted under the tutelage of Count Oeiras, they remained credentials to the then Brigadier Army Brazilian Raimundo José da Cunha Mattos, in the ides of the 1820’s, portraying himself in his memoirs as an heir in a military tradition inaugurated by the famous Prussian commander. The endorsement of the careers of his grandfather and father allow us to understand the impact of such reforms in the lives of the low officialate and how they have been re-signified in the context of independent Brazil.
Key-words:
Count Lippe; Military reform; Cunha Mattos