The 1809 Reorganization and Alto Peru
As a result, on September 11, 1809, by order of the new Viceroy Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros, the 3rd Battalion was dissolved, leaving the corps with the 1st and 2nd Battalions in its rosters. It was due to a reorganization of Buenos Aires' urban military units.
Under the new regulations, all the military corps assigned in Buenos Aires (including the Patricians Corps) would be composed of nine companies in every battalion, including grenadier companies. The Plana Mayor(High Command) were then composed of the following in accordance with the new regulations:
- Commander
- Regimental Sergeant Major
- 2 Adjutants
- 2 Flag bearers
- Chaplain
- Surgeon
- 1 Drummer and 2 Fifers
The Patricians Corps continued to have battalion numbers in their names and its honorific name in practice, while the other military corps had their honorifics abolished.
Earlier in the year, the Chuquisaca Revolution in May and the La Paz revolution in July saw the second action of the Patricians. Led by captain Diego Basavilbaso, two companies of the Patricians Legion joined the pacification forces of Vicente Nieto and Colonel Jose de Cordoba in Upper Peru that October, ending the revolutions on October 31 that year with Chuquisaca (today's Sucre in Bolivia) reoccupied by the royalist forces.
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