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|combatant2=[[Image:Flag of Nicaragua.svg|20px]] [[Nicaragua]]n national army
|commander1='''General Castellon'''<BR>[[William Walker (soldier)|William Walker]]
|commander1='''General Castellon'''<BR>[[William Walker (soldier)|William Walker]]
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|commander2=Chamorra government
|strength1=327
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Revision as of 04:53, 3 April 2008

First Battle of Rivas
Part of William Walker conquest of Central America
Date11 April 1856
Location
Result Defeat of the Nicaraguan national army
Belligerents
Nicaraguan rebel forces
The Mercenary army of the filibusters
Nicaraguan national army
Commanders and leaders
General Castellon
William Walker
Chamorra government
Strength
327

Walker had arrived in Nicaragua June of 1855 in support of the Democratic government of General Castellon in the Nicaraguan civil war.