League War

League War
DateSeptember - October 1835
Location
Result

Josefine victory

Belligerents
San José Alajuela
Cartago
Heredia
Commanders and leaders
Braulio Carrillo Colina Nicolás Ulloa Soto
Strength
1,000+ soldiers 4,300 militia

The League War was the second civil war of Costa Rica, as a member state of the Federal Republic of Central America. It passed between September and October 1835 in the Central Valley of Costa Rica. Its immediate trigger was the repeal of the "Ambulance Law", the law that established the rotation of the country's capital among the four constituent cities. The most important consequence was the triumph of the city of San José over the cities of Alajuela, Heredia and Cartago (which formed the League of Three Cities, thus the name), which allowed its consolidation as the capital of Costa Rica.[1][2]

  1. ^ Sáenz Carbonell, Jorge Francisco (1989). Los años de la ambulancia (1834-1838): Gallegos y la capital ambulante. Costa Rica: EUNED. ISBN 9789977644233.
  2. ^ Obregón Loría, Rafael. "Hechos Militares y Políticos de Nuestra Historia Patria". El Espíritu del 48.