1856–57 invasion of Nicaragua by mercenary William Walker
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Filibuster War
Costa Rican troops attacking William Walker at Rivas in 1856
Date
1 June 1855 – 5 May 1857 (1 year, 11 months and 4 days)
Location
Costa Rica; Nicaragua
Result
Central American alliance victory
William Walker-led Filibusters are defeated
Surrender of William Walker to the U.S. Navy[2]
Belligerents
Occupied Nicaragua Nicaraguan Liberals
Allied Central American Army (Ejército Aliado Centroamericano)
Nicaragua
Legitimistas and Democráticos parties
Costa Rica
Honduras
Guatemala
El Salvador
United States (from 1857)[1]
Commanders and leaders
William Walker
Francisco Castellón #
Trinidad Muñoz †
Charles Henningsen
Birkett D. Fry
Collier Hornsby
Domingo Goicouría
Byron Cole
Tomás Martínez
Fernando Chamorro
Máximo Jerez
Juan Rafael Mora
José Joaquín Mora
Florencio Xatruch
José Víctor Zavala
Ramón Belloso
José María Cañas
Charles H. Davis
Strength
5,213 mercenaries (1855–1857)
2,500 men (Costa Rica) 4,000 men (Ejército Aliado Centroamericano)
Casualties and losses
1,000 killed[3]
1,202 killed[4]
9,615 soldiers and civilians dead by cholera outbreak[5]
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Willam Walker in Nicaragua and Filibuster War
First Rivas
La Virgen
Santa Rosa
Second Rivas
San Jacinto
Action of 23 November 1856
Puente Grande
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History of Nicaragua
Spanish conquest
Piracy on Lake Nicaragua
1823 Rebellions
Federal Republic of Central America
18 Years of military rule
Independence
Malespín's War
Filibuster War
35 Years of conservative rule
Liberal Revolution of 1893
US occupation
Civil War
Sandinista insurrection
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Federal Republic of Central America
Free State of Costa Rica
League War
First Costa Rican Republic (1848–1948)
1870 coup d'état
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The Filibuster War or Walker affair was a military conflict between filibustering multinational troops stationed in Nicaragua and a coalition of Central American armies. An American mercenary, William Walker, invaded Nicaragua in 1855 with a small private army. He seized control of the country by 1856, but was ousted the following year.
^"La Guerra Nacional" [National War] (in Spanish). Nicaragua Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Archived from the original on 24 July 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
^Don Fuchik (2007). "The Saga of William Walker". calnative.com. Archived from the original on 23 April 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
^"Statistics of Wars, Oppressions and Atrocities of the Nineteenth Century" Archived 2015-04-30 at archive.today (collection of many sources)
^Arias, Raúl Francisco (2001). Los soldados de la Campaña Nacional (1856-1857). San José: Editorial de la Universidad Estatal a Distancia. p. 398. ISBN 978-9968-315-46-3.
^Vargas Araya, Armando (2007). El lado oculto del presidente Mora: resonancias de la Guerra Patria contra el filibusterismo de Estados Unidos (1850-1860) (1st ed.). San José, Costa Rica: Editorial de la Universidad Estatal a Distancia. p. 432. ISBN 978-9968-521-96-3.
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