First Battle of Rivas
1855 battle of the Filibuster War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The First Battle of Rivas occurred on June 29, 1855, as part of the struggle to resist William Walker, an American filibuster, adventurer and mercenary who arrived in Nicaragua with a small army of mercenaries in June 1855 in support of the Liberal democratic government of General Francisco Castellón in the Nicaraguan civil war. His army, with local support, was able to defeat the Legitimist party (Aristocratic) and conclude the Nicaraguan civil war.
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First Battle of Rivas | |||||||
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Part of the Filibuster War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Nicaraguan rebel forces (Liberal) The Falange Filibuster army |
Nicaraguan national army Legitimist party | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Francisco Castellón William Walker Achilles Kewen † Timothy Crocker † | Colonel Manuel Arguëllo | ||||||
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≈45 filibusters ≈100 natives (avoided action) | ≈500-580 men | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
11 dead (6 men killed during combat, 5 wounded killed in the aftermath)[1] 7 wounded |
≈70 dead +70 wounded |
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