Colombian Civil War of 1895 | |||||||
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Part of the Colombian Civil Wars | |||||||
Triumphal Arch placed in Bogotá to receive General Rafael Reyes after the Battle of Enciso | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Repúblic of Colombia (nacional party) Conservative party |
Colombian Liberal Party Venezuelan mercenaries | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Miguel Antonio Caro Rafael Reyes Prieto Jean Marie Marcelin Gilibert Manuel Casabianca Próspero Pinzón |
Santos Acosta (POW) Siervo Sarmiento Rafael Uribe Uribe José María Ruiz | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
6,158 Soldiers,[1] 450 Police | 3,000-4,000 |
The Colombian Civil War of 1895 (Spanish: La Guerra civil de 1895)[2] was a conflict that took place in the Republic of Colombia in the late nineteenth century, then formed by the current countries of Colombia and Panama.