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    The Uruguayan Civil War was a series of armed conflicts between 1839 and 1851 in Uruguay between the Colorados party and the Blancos party. The two parties emerged from a split between supporters of presidents Rivera and Oribe. The war involved foreign intervention from neighboring countries and European powers supporting each side. It ended in a Colorado victory, though conflicts between the two parties continued sporadically until 1904.

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    The Uruguayan Civil War was a series of armed conflicts between 1839 and 1851 in Uruguay between the Colorados party and the Blancos party. The two parties emerged from a split between supporters of presidents Rivera and Oribe. The war involved foreign intervention from neighboring countries and European powers supporting each side. It ended in a Colorado victory, though conflicts between the two parties continued sporadically until 1904.

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    Uruguayan Civil War

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    Uruguayan Civil War

    An illustration of the defense of Montevideo from Isidoro De-


    Maria's book, Anales de la defensa de Montevideo.
    Date 1839–1851
    Location Uruguay
    Result Colorado victory
    Belligerents
     Colorados

     Gobierno de la
    Defensa (since 1843) Blancos

     Unitarians  Gobierno del


      Empire of Brazil Cerrito (since 1843)
    (since 1851)
     Entre Ríos (from  Federalists
    1851)  Lavallejistas
      Corrientes (from   Argentine
    1851) Confederation
     France  Entre Ríos (until
      United Kingdom 1851)
      Riograndense
    Republic (1839–1845)
     Italian Redshirts

    Commanders and leaders


     Fructuoso Rivera  Manuel Oribe
     Juan Lavalle  Juan A. Lavalleja
     Pedro II  Juan M. de Rosas
     John Pascoe
    Grenfell
     Jean Thiébaut
     Robert Peel  Pascual Echagüe
     Samuel Inglefield  William Brown
     Bento Gonçalves
     Bento Manuel
     Giuseppe Garibaldi

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     e

    Uruguayan Civil War


    Part of a series on the
    History of Uruguay

    Early History
    Fight for Independence
    Independent State
    20th Century
    Military Regime
    Modern Uruguay
     Uruguay portal
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    The Uruguayan Civil War, also known in Spanish as the Guerra Grande ("Great War"), was a
    series of armed conflicts between the leaders of Uruguayan independence. While officially the
    war lasted from 1839 until 1851, it was a part of armed conflicts that started in 1832 and
    continued until the final military defeat of the Blancos faction in 1904. Out of supporters of
    presidents Rivera and Oribe grew the Colorado Party and the National Party, both of which
    received backing and support from foreign sources, including neighboring Empire of Brazil, the
    Argentine Confederation, Buenos Aires Province as well as European powers, primarily the
    British Empire and the Kingdom of France, but also a legion of Italian volunteers including
    Giuseppe Garibaldi. The great diversity of nationalities among the military forces supporting the
    Colorado Party posed a difficulty when coming to express their struggle in terms of a "national
    liberation"; instead the Colorado Party side put forward a rhetoric on them defending "humanity"
    and "civilization" against "tyranny".[1]
    As the population of Uruguay at that time[when?] was about 60,000 out of which 15,000 lived in
    Montevideo, the various "armies" rarely rose to more than a couple of thousand soldiers and
    horsemen.[2][dubious – discuss]

    Contents
     1 Rivera vs. Lavalleja
     2 Rivera vs. Oribe
    o 2.1 Blancos vs. Colorados
    o 2.2 Defeat of Oribe
     3 Return of Oribe
     4 Great Siege of Montevideo
     5 Aftermath
     6 Later conflicts
     7 In popular culture
     8 Battles and sieges
     9 See also
     10 References
     11 External links

    Rivera vs. Lavalleja


    Main article: Thirty-Three Orientals

    The first Uruguayan president Fructuoso Rivera.


    Independence leader Juan Antonio Lavalleja

    After the proclamation of Uruguayan Independence in 1828 a conflict for primacy arose between
    the leader of the Thirty-Three Orientals Juan Lavalleja and veteran military commander
    Fructuoso Rivera, who on November 6, 1830, was chosen as the first President of Uruguay. In
    June 1832 Lavalleja's supporters attempted to kill Rivera and on July 3 the Montevideo garrison
    revolted, calling for Lavalleja to be made Commander-in-Chief. Rivera, with the help of
    Argentine Unitarians defeated Lavalleja on September 18, 1832, at Tupambaé, forcing Lavalleja
    to flee to the Brazilian province of Rio Grande do Sul. There Lavalleja organized a new force
    with the support of Buenos Aires strongman Juan Manuel de Rosas and in March 1834 invaded
    Uruguay, only to be defeated by Rivera once again.[2]

    Rivera vs. Oribe


    Uruguayan president Manuel Oribe.

    On March 1, 1835, Manuel Oribe, another of the Thirty-Three Orientals, was elected as the
    second President of Uruguay while Rivera remained as the commander of Army. Oribe pursued
    his own policies and in January 1836 removed Rivera from the command and gave amnesty to
    his old comrade Lavalleja.

    Blancos vs. Colorados

    Historic armbands of the Whites and Colorados

    On July 16, 1836, Rivera rebelled against Oribe. To distinguish his soldiers, Oribe ordered them
    to wear a white armband. Rivera then ordered his supporters to wear blue, but as it quickly faded,
    they started using red armbands. Out of these military distinction marks quickly emerged the
    conservative Blancos ("Whites") and the liberal Colorados ("Reds"). The Colorados were led by
    Fructuoso Rivera and represented the business interests of Montevideo; the Blancos were headed
    by Manuel Oribe, who looked after the agricultural interests of the countryside and promoted
    protectionism.

    Defeat of Oribe

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