CASUALTY RECORD // January 9, 1841
Battle of San Cala
Estimated casualties — killed, wounded, captured, and missing — by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.
Casualties by side
1 sides catalogued · combined 100–600 estimated
Confederación Argentina
100–600
Medium-confidence figure
Battle context
The Battle of San Cala, fought in Córdoba's Minas Department, represented a check on the Unitarian Coalition of the North's effort to extend its reach into the Cuyo provinces. Federalist forces under General Ángel Pacheco, though outnumbered by the Unitarian force of 1,500 against their 1,100, succeeded in blocking that westward expansion. The engagement thus preserved Federalist control over a strategically significant interior corridor during the Argentine Civil Wars, limiting the geographic momentum the Unitarian coalition had sought to build.
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