William Walker (filibuster)
Videos
William Walker was an American journalist and mercenary. In the era of the expansion of the United States, driven by the doctrine of manifest destiny, Walker organized unauthorized military expedition
Walker in c. 1855–1860
President Walker's house in Granada, Nicaragua. On October 12, 1856, during the siege of Granada, Guatemalan officer José Víctor Zavala ran under heavy fire to capture Walker's flag and bring it back to the Central American coalition army trenches shouting "Filibuster bullets don't kill!". Zavala survived this adventure unscathed.
William Walker's grave in the Old Trujillo Cemetery, Trujillo, Honduras
The Costa Rica National Monument represents the five united Central American nations carrying weapons and William Walker fleeing.
Filibuster War
Videos
The Filibuster War, also referred to the Walker affair and known in Costa Rica as the National Campaign of 1856–1857, was a war fought in Central America between 1855 and 1857. The militaries of Costa
William Walker (filibuster)
…action. This advance force was defeated at the Battle of Santa Rosa on March 20, 1856. The most important strategic defeat of Walker came during the Campaign of 1856–57 when the Costa Rican army, led by Porras, General José Joaquín Mora Porras (the president's brother), and General José María Cañas (1809–1860), defeated…
A depiction of the Second Battle of Rivas
A depiction of the Action of 23 November 1856