Battle of San Jacinto (1856)
The Battle of San Jacinto took place on the 14 September 1856 in Hacienda San Jacinto, Managua, Nicaragua—between 160 soldiers of the Legitimist Septemtrion Army led by Colonel José Dolores Estrada versus 300 Nicaraguan filibusters of William Walker led by Lieutenant Colonel Byron Cole. The filibusters were defeated by Estrada after four hours of combat between 7:00am and 11:00am.
The casualties of the filibusters were twenty-seven killed, as well as an unknown number wounded, or thirty-five killed and eighteen captured. The Nicaraguan losses were just twenty-eight men killed and wounded during the course of the Battle of San Jacinto.
The date of the battle is a national holiday in Nicaragua on the 14 September each year.
