William Walker: King of the 19th Century Filibusters

[Military History Magazine]

In the mid-19th century, filibuster William Walker assembled a ragtag army of mercenary adventurers and sought to carve out private fiefdoms in Central America, until a firing squad abruptly ended his dreams of empire.


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[Alatriste]

Thanks for posting that.

I wrote a paper about William Walker when I was at West Point in the 70's. They thought I was making the story up save for the endnotes. My great-great grandfather fought and was wounded in the battle of Rivas. He was a major in the Costa Rican army at the time of the war.