The first, inspired by the São Paulo Revolt of 1924, removed state governor Maurício Graccho Cardoso on 13 July and dominated the capital Aracaju until its defeat by loyalist troops on 3 August.

[2] The uprisings marked a combative political spirit in the battalion,[3] and one of its leaders, Augusto Maynard Gomes, was appointed governor of Sergipe after the Revolution of 1930.

[5] But the 28th BC, in Sergipe, was full of supporters of the revolt, and until a year earlier it was commanded by lieutenant colonel Bernardo de Araújo Lima, head of the garrison in uprising in Rio Claro, São Paulo.

[6] The conspirators' goal in Sergipe was to prevent the 28th BC and other battalions from boarding for São Paulo, either by convincing them to join the revolt or by attracting them into a confrontation.

Major Jacintho Dias Ribeiro, commander of the 28th BC, went to the battalion and tried to impose his authority, but was arrested by captain Eurípedes.

[15] The rebels sought a deal with the local oligarchs, but these, in turn, saw the uprising as a threat to their power and mobilized their "patriots" to stop the revolt.

[16] In order to defend Aracaju from an amphibious invasion, the rebels turned off the lighthouse, liad mines on the shore, removed the signaling buoys[17] and dug trenches on the beaches.

Captain Eurípedes remained in Aracaju, while lieutenants Maynard and Soarino organized land defenses, respectively on the northern (Rosário do Catete and Carmo) and southern (São Cristóvão and Itaporanga) fronts.

[22] With the rebels surrounded, general Marçal called on them to surrender, recalling their numerical superiority and the failure of the rebellion in São Paulo.