Armed conflict between Dominican Republic and the Haiti from 1844–56
Dominican War of Independence
Date
27 February 1844 – 24 January 1856 (11 years, 10 months and 28 days)
1st campaign: 10 March – 3 May 1844 (1 month, 3 weeks and 2 days)
2nd campaign: 6 August 1845 – 27 February 1846 (6 months and 3 weeks)
3rd campaign: 9 March – 22 April 1849 (1 month, 1 week and 6 days)
4th campaign: November 1855 – January 1856 (2 months)
Location
Hispaniola
Result
Dominican victory
Dominican Independence
Withdrawal of Haitian forces
Territorial changes
Separation of the Santo Domingo territory from Haiti
Reestablishment of the Dominican–Haitian border
Establishment of the First Republic
Dominican control of the larger east side of Hispaniola
Belligerents
Dominican Republic
Republic of Haiti (1844–1849) Second Empire of Haiti (1854–1856)
Commanders and leaders
Pedro Santana Manuel Jiménes Buenaventura Báez Juan Pablo Duarte Francisco del Rosario Sánchez Matías Ramón Mella Antonio Duvergé Juan B. Cambiaso Juan Alejandro Acosta Manuel Mota José Mª. Cabral José Mª. Imbert J. J. Puello Pedro E. Pelletier Pedro Florentino Fernando Valerio
Charles Hérard Jean-Louis Pierrot Faustin Soulouque Vicent Jean Degales † Pierre Paul Auguste Brouard Gen. Souffrand Gen. St.-Louis Jean Francois Gen. Seraphin † Gen. Garat † Antoine Pierrot † Pierre Rivere Garat †
Strength
15,000
30,000
Casualties and losses
The exact number of casualties is unknown; however, Haiti is estimated to have lost twice as many troops as the Dominican Republic.[1]
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Dominican War of Independence
1844
Fuente del Rodeo
Cabeza de Las Marías
Azua
Santiago
El Memiso
Tortuguero
Fort Cachimán
1845
Estrelleta
Beler
1849
El Número
Las Carreras
1855
Santomé
Cambronal
Sabana Larga
The Dominican War of Independence (Spanish: Guerra de Independencia Dominicana) was a war of independence that began when the Dominican Republic declared independence from the Republic of Haiti on February 27, 1844 and ended on January 24, 1856. Before the war, the island of Hispaniola had been united for 22 years when the newly independent nation, previously known as the Captaincy General of Santo Domingo, was unified with the Republic of Haiti in 1822. The criollo class within the country overthrew the Spanish crown in 1821 before unifying with Haiti a year later.
In March 1844, 30,000 Haitian soldiers invaded the Dominican Republic at the behest of president Charles Rivière-Hérard, but were defeated within a month and forced to retreat back into Haiti. The Haitian campaign of 1845 ended with the retreat of the Haitian army across the Dajabón River. Three years later, Haiti's president Faustin Soulouque launched his first invasion of the Dominican Republic, but his army was beaten back by forces under General Pedro Santana. In late 1849, Dominican naval forces bombarded, sacked and burned several villages on the southern and western coasts of Haiti.[2] In November 1855, Soulouque marched into the Dominican Republic at the head of another army, but the Haitians were decisively defeated and forced back across the border by January 1856.
^Clodfelter 2017, p. 302.
^Scheina 2003, p. 1075.
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