With a major effort Lavalleja was able to muster a force of similar strength, and faced the Brazilian army at the tips of the Arroyo Sarandí, in an area located on the present-day Florida Department, on October 12, 1825.
Juan José Morosoli was born on January 19, 1899 in Minas, Lavalleja, Uruguay.
The headwaters of the Santa Lucía River are in the Lavalleja department.