Transvaal Civil War | |||||||
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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 |
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]