Uruguayan Civil War

Uruguayan Civil War
An illustration of the defense of Montevideo from Isidoro De-Maria's book, Anales de la defensa de Montevideo
Date 1839–1851 Location Uruguay Result Colorado victory
Belligerents
Colorados Gobierno de la Defensa (since 1843) Unitarians  Empire of Brazil (since 1851) Entre Ríos (from 1851)  Corrientes (from 1851) France  United Kingdom  Riograndense Republic (1839–1845) Italian Redshirts	Blancos Gobierno del Cerrito (since 1843) Federalists Lavallejistas  Argentine Confederation Entre Ríos (until 1851)
Commanders and leaders
Fructuoso Rivera Juan Lavalle Pedro II John Pascoe Grenfell Jean Thiébaut Robert Peel Samuel Inglefield Bento Gonçalves Bento Manuel Giuseppe Garibaldi	Manuel Oribe Juan A. Lavalleja Juan M. de Rosas Pascual Echagüe William Brown

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The Uruguayan Civil War, also known in Spanish as the Guerra Grande ("Great War"), was a series of armed conflicts between the leaders of Uruguayan independence. While officially the war lasted from 1839 until 1851, it was a part of armed conflicts that started in 1832 and continued until the final military defeat of the Blancos faction in 1904.

Supporters of the two opposing presidents Rivera and Oribe formed two political parties: the Colorado Party and the National Party, both of which received backing and support from foreign sources, including neighboring Empire of Brazil, the Argentine Confederation, Buenos Aires Province as well as European powers, primarily the British Empire and the Kingdom of France, but also a legion of Italian volunteers including Giuseppe Garibaldi. The great diversity of nationalities among the military forces supporting the Colorado Party posed difficulties in arguing for their struggle in terms of a "national liberation"; instead, the Colorado Party side argued that they were defending "humanity" and "civilization" against "tyranny".^[1]