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Filibuster War | |||||||
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Costa Rican troops attacking William Walker at Rivas in 1856 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Allied Central American Army (Ejército Aliado Centroamericano)
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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] |
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.
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