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Soldados de Cuera, leather-armored cavalrymen of late-eighteenth-century presidios in northern New Spain. The Regulation and Instruction for the Presidios of New Spain of 1772 established a fortified line of fifteen forts, approximately 100 miles apart, from the Gulf of California to the Gulf of Mexico.

What was a "Soldado de cuera"? Soldado de cuera meaning "Leather Jacket soldier" were Spanish

The leather jacket, or cuera, and the leather shield, or adarga, were used to protect the soldiers against Indian arrows. Traditionally, the Presidial soldiers were split into two categories: the traditional soldado de cuera and their mounted counterparts, the troopa ligera (lit." light troops").

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Soldados de Cuera manning frontier presidios were a unique branch of the Spanish colonial armed forces, distinct from Spain's regular soldiers. They were distinguished from Spanish regulars not only in having been born and reared in the frontier provinces and thus adapted to harsh conditions but also in having their own regulations.

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The soldados de cuera (English, "leather-jacket soldier") served in the frontier garrisons of northern New Spain, the Presidios, from the late 16th to the early 19th century.They were mounted and were an exclusive corps in the Spanish Empire.They took their name from the multi-layered deer-skin cloak they wore as protection against Indian arrows.

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Spanish soldiers were called, Soldados de Cuera, (leather soldiers), because of their armor. The cuera was a heavy sleeveless coat made of several layers of leather. Padded with cotton or blanket fabric the armor was warm and cumbersome, weighing up to 20 pounds.

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The soldados de cuera were regular soldiers of the Spanish army, but with a difference, they were mounted, and required to maintain six horses. They were supposed to be paid a regular salary, receive uniforms, arms and housing, and much of their food. In fact, in California, even before 1810, pay and uniforms seldom got this far, the soldiers.

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The soldados de cuera (English, "leather-jacket soldier") [1] served in the frontier garrisons of northern New Spain, the Presidios, from the late 16th to the early 19th century. [2] They were mounted and were an exclusive corps in the Spanish Empire.

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Soldado De Cuera El Camino Real: A Long History of Los Angeles 35 subscribers 112 views 10 months ago We look at the backbone of Spanish power in North America: the Soldado de Cuera or Leather.

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The soldados de cuera (English, "leather-jacket soldier") served in the frontier garrisons of northern New Spain, the Presidios, from the late 16th to the early 19th century. They were mounted and were an exclusive corps in the Spanish Empire. They took their name from the multi-layered deer-skin cloak they wore as protection against Indian arrows.

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Interview with a Soldado de Cuera (Historical Spanish Frontier Soldier) reenactor at Mission Days at Mission San Antonio de Padua, California, an extended ex.

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Los dragones de cuera, soldados presidiales o soldados de cuera, eran tropas defensivas creadas por el Imperio español, para la defensa de la frontera de los Estados Unidos actuales, que ocuparon los presidios de la Nueva España.

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El Presidio Real de Santa Bárbara, also known as the Royal Presidio of Santa Barbara, is a former military installation in Santa Barbara,. named for José María Cañedo, the Soldado de Cuera to whom it was deeded in lieu of back pay when the Presidio fell to inactivity, and the remnants of a two-room soldiers quarters,.

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Los dragones (o soldados) de cuera eran un cuerpo especial dentro del ejército de la monarquía hispánica que al igual que los dragones europeos eran esencialmente una fuerza de caballería que además estaba preparada para desmontar cuando fuera necesario y convertirse en infantería.

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The leather jacket, or cuera, and the leather shield, or adarga, were used to protect the soldiers against Indian arrows.. Traditionally, the Presidial soldiers were split into two categories: the traditional soldado de cuera and their mounted counterparts, the troopa ligera (lit. "light troops"). The troopa ligera, as the name implies, traveled light and rode without the cuera.

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The soldado de cuera, or leather-jacket, was a type of soldier who served in the frontier garrisons of northern New Spain. He took his name from the multi-layered deer-skin cloak he wore as protection against Indian arrows. He was armed with a short musket, bow and arrows, a short sword, a lance, and a bull-hide adarga.These frontier soldiers were recruited from among the mestizo population.