Had Fidié continued the march to Oeiras, the capital of Piauí at that time, the Piauians may not have had sufficient strength to deal with the larger Portuguese forces.

Though widely cited by the historiography, the battle was largerly forgotten, and few Brazilians know of the incident, even in Piauí, where the events occurred.

During the celebrations of March 13, the city of Campo Maior awards the Merit Medal of Heroes of Jenipapo to people and institutions whose actions had helped to improve community life in Piauí.

Women encouraged their husbands, relatives and friends, packed up what they could and sold valuables like jewelry as part of their commitment to unite for the struggle.

Without any experience in wars, piauienses reached the shores of Jenipapo river, where they intended to prevent the passage of Fidié.

As the creek was almost dry, most patriots hid himself in the very bed of the stream, while the other part is hidden in the thickets of scrub drain near the ravine.

Fidié to learn of the incident crossed the river Jenipapo the left road, hastily built a barricade, distributed heavy weapons, organized the shooters position battlefront (online) in the trenches where they were before the Piauí and hoped they return there.

The few who managed to cross the line of fire gave their last breath to the mouth of the cannon, with great boldness not fearing anything against life but for country representation in tremendous love for the same.

At noon, the piauienses were tired and not sure that would win the Portuguese, this time no longer fought over crawled to the encounter with death.

The Ceará Captain Nereus at the time of withdrawal led most of the baggage of the Portuguese, consisting of food, water, some weapons and even a small treasure Fidié brought the plunder they had done in the city of Parnaíba.

Among the titleshe received the Commander of the Order of Avis, the oldest military decoration Portuguese founded by Afonso Henriques in 1162.

Situated on the left bank of the river is actually an attractive tourist spot and is also a part of the collection used by war fighters.

The Batalhão cemetery, located in the municipality of Campo Maior, is home to the remains of the fallen Brazilian heroes of the battle.