Colombian Civil War (1860–1862)
The Colombian Civil War began on 8 May 1860 and lasted until November 1862. It was an internal conflict between the newly formed conservative Granadine Confederation and a more liberal rebel force from the newly seceded region of Cauca, composed of dissatisfied politicians commanded by General Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera, its former president. The Granadine Confederation, created a few years earlier in 1858 by Mariano Ospina Rodríguez, was defeated in the capital Bogotá, with Mosquera deposing the newly elected president Bartolomé Calvo on July 18, 1861. Forming a provisional government, with himself as president, Mosquera continued to pursue the conservative forces until their final defeat in 1862. The resulting formation of the new United States of Colombia would have significant cultural and economic consequences for Colombia.
| Colombian Civil War (1860–1862) | |||||||||
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| Part of the Colombian Civil Wars | |||||||||
Church of San Agustín after the capture of Bogotá by General Mosquera | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Granadine Confederation
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United States of New Granada Federal states:
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Mariano Ospina Rodríguez Bartolomé Calvo Joaquín París Pedro Alcántara Herrán Julio Arboleda† Braulio Henao Duque Leonardo Canal Pedro Gutiérrez Lee† Rafael María Giraldo Zuluaga† |
Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera José María Obando† José Hilario López Juan José Nieto Gil Santos Gutiérrez Eustorgio Salgar Santos Acosta Pascual Bravo† | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 40,000 | 10,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 15,000 | 4,000 | ||||||||