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Filibuster War

BelligerentsFilibusters Walker's NicaraguaDemocratic PartyAllied Central American Army NicaraguaCosta RicaEl SalvadorGuatemalaHondurasLegitimist PartyCommanders and leadersWilliam WalkerCharles Henningsen†Birkett D. FryPatricio RivasFrancisco Castellón#Nazario EscotoTrinidad Muñoz†Tomás MartínezMáximo JerezJosé María EstradaXJuan Rafael MoraJosé Joaquín MoraJosé María CañasRamón BellosoGerardo BarriosMariano ParedesFlorencio XatruchStrengthPer Henningsen:2,518 totalPer Henningsen:17,800 total 6,300 (Nicaraguans)11,500 (allies)Casualties and lossesPer Henningsen:1,000 killed in action or died to disease80 captured700 desertedPer Henningsen:5,860 killed or woundedUnknown died to disease 9,615 died to cholera in Costa RicaThe Filibuster War, also referred to the Walker affair and known in Costa Rica as the National Campaign of 1856–1857, was a war fought in Central America between 1855 and 1857.

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