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Barrios' War of Reunification

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Chalchuapa · El Salvador · Guatemala

Estimated casualties

1.0K – 1.2Kestimated dead

Approx. 800 Guatemalan and ~200 Salvadoran killed at the Battle of Chalchuapa, the war's decisive engagement.

SOURCEWikipedia / Grokipedia

An 1885 war launched when Guatemalan President Justo Rufino Barrios proclaimed himself President of a reunified Central America and invaded El Salvador. Barrios was killed at the Battle of Chalchuapa (2 April 1885), ending the campaign and the reunification attempt.

Belligerents2

Guatemala
El Salvador

Sources

Wikipedia: Barrios' War of Reunification
Wikipedia: Battle of Chalchuapa
Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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Cite as: Barrios' War of Reunification (1885). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/barrios-war-of-reunification · Sources & methodology