Hussars of Death
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The Hussars of Death (Spanish: Húsares de la Muerte) (A.K.A Death's Hussars) were a paramilitary group founded by Chilean guerrilla Manuel Rodríguez Erdoíza after the Second Battle of Cancha Rayada, on March 23, 1818.
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Their uniform was near identical to Hussars of Galicia's, but in black, with a skull over two femurs on the collar. Manuel Rodríguez had already used a captain uniform when he was part of the Hussars of the Great National Guard in their 1813 campaign in Southern Chile; his friend José Miguel Carrera pushed him to use its likeness for the new group.