War between the Argentine Confederation and the state of Buenos Aires

War between the Argentine Confederation and the State of Buenos Aires
Part of the Argentine Civil Wars
In dark blue the territory of the State of Buenos Aires. In light blue, the Argentine Confederation.
Date 1852-1862 Location Argentina Result State of Buenos Aires's victory Argentine reunification
Belligerents
Federals: Argentine Confederation	Unitarians: State of Buenos Aires
Commanders and leaders
Justo J. de Urquiza	Bartolomé Mitre
Strength
1852: 2,500 regulars 83,000 national guardsmen 1858: 121,500 men	1852: 3,500 regulars 70,000 national guardsmen 1863: 41,514 men

The war between the Argentine Confederation and the state of Buenos Aires was a conflict of the Argentine Civil War. It began with the secession of Buenos Aires from Argentina, and lasted from 1852 to 1862. With the military victory of Buenos Aires at the battle of Pavón, the country was unified again. The Battle of Caseros marked a starting point for the revolution in Buenos Aires in 1852 and even more so with the exile of Rosas to England. And it also allowed Urquiza to sign, together with the 14 provinces that made up the confederation, the agreement of San Nicolas, which served as a precedent to sanction the Argentine Constitution of 1853. Under the name of 'Argentine Confederation'

The Confederate forces had managed to defeat Buenos Aires in the Battle of Cepeda, making Buenos Aires sign the Pact of San José de Flores in 1859 and a Union Agreement, reintegrating it into the Confederation

But due to some differences between the government of Santiago Derqui and Bartolome Mitre that included changing the capital to Paraná, a murder in San Juan celebrated by the Buenos Aires press and legal problems with the deputies of Buenos Aires. They led Derqui to assemble an army in Cordoba and make a federal intervention in Buenos Aires, beginning the second phase of the civil war between the Confederation and the State.

The war ended with a decisive victory for the Buenos Aires people and the massacre of some federal caudillos such as Chacho Peñaloza and the Federalization of Buenos Aires. Although the Argentine civil war did not end until 1880.

References

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