Transvaal Civil War

Transvaal Civil War
Date1862–1864 (2 years)
Location
Result Armistice
Belligerents
 South African Republic Rebels
Republic of Zoutpansberg
Commanders and leaders
Paul Kruger
Willem van Rensburg
Theunis Snyman
Stephanus Schoeman
Jan Viljoen
Johannes Steyn
Casualties and losses
3 wounded 1 killed
15 wounded
10 killed, 20 wounded total
An elderly man with a white beard.
Stephanus Schoeman, a fierce opponent of Kruger during the 1860s
A man of about 40 with a large dark beard. The thumb on his left hand is absent.
Kruger, photographed as Commandant-General of the South African Republic, c. 1865. The loss of his left thumb is clearly visible.

The Transvaal Civil War was a series of skirmishes during the early 1860s in the South African Republic, or Transvaal, in the area now comprising the Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, and North West provinces of South Africa. It began after the British government had recognised trekkers living in the Transvaal as independent in 1854.[1] The Boers divided into numerous political factions. The war ended in 1864, when an armistice treaty was signed under a karee tree south of the site of the later town of Brits.[citation needed]