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The Reform War or War of Reform, also known as the Three Years' War and the Mexican Civil War, was a complex civil conflict in Mexico that was fought between Mexican liberals and conservatives with re
Allegory of the Constitution of 1857, Petronilo Monroy, 1869.
Sculpture portraying Guillermo Prieto saving the life of President Juárez
Conservative President Miguel Miramón
Constitutional President Benito Juárez
The second French intervention in Mexico, also known as the Second Franco-Mexican War, was a military invasion of the Republic of Mexico by the French Empire of Napoleon III, purportedly to force the
Reform War
…elections in March. Although the conservative forces had lost the war, guerrillas remained active in the countryside and later joined the upcoming French intervention to help establish the Second Mexican Empire. After achieving independence in 1821, Mexico was alternatively governed by both liberal and conservative…
Juan Prim, who was later Prime Minister of Spain
Entry of the French Expeditionary Force into Mexico City by Jean-Adolphe Beaucé, 1868
Bazaine welcomed to Guadalajara
Soldiers of the Imperial Mexican Army