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Outbreak of Civil War

Name: Outbreak of Civil War
Start: 1860-05-08
Location: Cauca

When: May 8, 1860
Where: Cauca
Part of: Event of 1862: In the Granadine Confederation, rebel troops of the southern states defeat gover

General Mosquera declared Cauca a separate nation from the Granadine Confederation on May 8, 1860, initiating the conflict.

Tensions between the centralist government and sovereign states led to the outbreak of war. Mosquera, as Supreme Director of War, declared Cauca independent, marking the start of the Colombian Civil War.

Sources

Colombian Civil War (1860–1862) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-22

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