War between the Argentine Confederation and the state of Buenos Aires

Summary

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.

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.
Date1852-1862
Location
Argentina
Result

Buenos Aires victory

  • Argentine reunification
Belligerents
 Argentina Buenos Aires
Commanders and leaders
Justo J. de Urquiza Bartolomé Mitre
Strength
1852:[1]
2,500 regulars
83,000 national guardsmen

1858:[2]
121,500 men
1852:[1]
3,500 regulars
70,000 national guardsmen

1863:[3]
41,514 men

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  • von Rauch, George (1999). Conflict in the Southern Cone: the Argentine military and the boundary dispute with Chile, 1870-1902. Westport: Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0-275-96347-0.
  • Departamento de Guerra y Marina (1860). Memoria presentada por el ministro de estado en el departamento de guerra y marina al congreso legislativo de la Confederacion Argentina en su sesion ordinaria de 1860 (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Imprenta y Litografia de J. A. Bernheim.
  • Hudson, Damián (1865). Rejistro estadistico de la República Argentina (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Imprenta de J. A. Bernheim.