[2] He took an active part in a large number of battles as a member of the National Guard,[1] having distinguished himself in the attack on the island of Fanfa[2] on the Jacuí River, where Bento Gonçalves da Silva was taken prisoner.

[1] After a brief period of agriculture life and peace in the countryside, he returned to arms to fight in the Platine War, in 1851, gathering a group of volunteers, standing out in the Battle of Moron.

[1] From 1868 he led several reconnaissance missions to help in the Siege of Humaitá, at the same time he took over the fortress's Establishment which was defended by fifteen cannons and supported by two ships with artillery, in addition to two ditches and mouths.

[clarification needed] His men taking heavy losses, he was wounded and had his horse killed; he then had his cavalry troops dismount and attacked the fortress repeatedly until he took it.

Neves also participated in the Battle of Avaí, and commanded the troops that attacked Lomas Valentinas from the left, managing to take them inside the fortified position.

In the delirium of the fever that devoured him, under that fiery climate, legend has it that the brave general, as if in that tragic moment a Spartan soul had animated him, thought that he was still ahead of his squadrons and, throwing down the covers, waved: " Comrades!...

In Joinville, in the state of Santa Catarina, there is also a street, in the high-class neighborhood of América, which bears its title as its name, Rua General Andrade Neves.

In addition, the streets General Andrade Neves, in the São Domingos [pt] neighborhood in the municipality of Niterói, the Rua Andrade Neves, in the Tijuca neighborhood, in the municipality of Rio de Janeiro, the Rua General Andrade Neves in the Vila Urussaí neighborhood, in the municipality of Duque de Caxias, and also in Petrópolis, there is a street titled Rua Barão do Triunfo, in the Ingelheim Quarter, all in the state of Rio de Janeiro.

In Campinas, one of the main avenues of the city, which connects the old railway station (today the Estação Cultura) to the Castelo district, has his name.