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Battle of Rivas



Juan Alfaro Ruiz was responsible for clearing the filibusters from the church. He died of cholera after the battle. One of Alajuela's cantons was named after him.

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Aftermath

In the night Walker and his surviving soldiers fled to Granada. Several factions inside the Costa Rican Army sought to pursue Walker to kill him and end the war but the plan cancelled by president Mora who saw that his troops were already tired from the fight and wanted to use his resources to bury the dead and to take care of the wounded and sick.

Although Costa Rica was victorious in the Battle of Rivas, the country could not enjoy the victory. Bodies from the fighting were dumped in the wells of the city causing a huge outbreak of cholera.[2] The Costa Rican troops brought the disease home to Costa Rica with them where it ravaged the entire country, killing one tenth of the population.[2] Mora was blamed for the cholera outbreak, the severe losses inflicted to the army and for the economic damage to the country because of the war debts. A coup was planned for his return to the capital but this was aborted. Mora was taken out of power in 1859 and executed in 1860.[2]

The Battle of Rivas put great confidence to the Costa Rican Army in the fight against Walker, who before this battle believed himself undefeatable and unstoppable.

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Further Reading

  • pp. 70-89 Jamison, James Carson. With Walker in Nicaragua: Or, Reminiscences of an Officer of the American Phalanx, July 25, 2007, Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 186. ISBN 0548260664. 

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References

  1. ^ Don Fuchik (2007). The Saga of William Walker (HTML). calnative. Retrieved on 2008-04-03.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Lisa Tirmenstein (12:00 am on 5/17/00.). Costa Rica in 1856: Defeating William Walker While Creating a National Identity. (HTML). pub. Retrieved on 2008-04-03.
  3. ^ Miss Fanny Juda (February 1919). California Filibusters: A History of their Expeditions into Hispanic America (HTML). Vol. XXI., No. 4; Whole No. 142 : February 1919. Retrieved on 2008-04-03.
  4. ^ Boles, Janet K. and Hoeveler, Diane Long. Historical Dictionary of Feminism (Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies and Movements), May 28, 2004, The Scarecrow Press, Inc.; 2nd edition, 488. ISBN 0810849461. 

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