Realizing that his position is becoming precarious,…
October 1856 CE
With this in mind, Walker revokes Nicaragua's emancipation edict of 1821.
This move increases Walker's popularity in the South and attracts the attention of Pierre Soulé, an influential New Orleans politician, who campaigns to raise support for Walker's war.
Nevertheless, Walker's army is weakened by massive defections and an epidemic of cholera, and will be finally defeated by the Central American coalition led by Costa Rican President Juan Rafael Mora Porras (1814-1860).
On October 12, 1856, Guatemalan Colonel José Víctor Zavala crosses the square of the city to the house where Walker's soldiers have taken shelter.
Under heavy fire, he reaches the enemy's flag and carries it back with him, shouting to his men that the Filibuster bullets do not kill.
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