Uruguayan Civil War

Uruguayan Civil War
	; Political situation of the Southern Cone in the year 1843. In red the countries and polities allied to the Colorado and Unitarian Parties. In blue those allied to the Blanco and Federal Parties.
Date	1839–1851
Location	Uruguay
Result	Colorado victory
Belligerents
Colorados; Gobierno de la Defensa (since 1843); Unitarians; Empire of Brazil (since 1851); Entre Ríos (from 1851); Corrientes (from 1851); France; United Kingdom; Riograndense Republic (1839–1845); Italian Redshirts;	Blancos Gobierno del Cerrito (since 1843); Federalists; Lavallejistas; Argentine Confederation; Entre Ríos (until 1851);
Commanders and leaders
Fructuoso Rivera; Juan Lavalle; José María Paz; José Rondeau; Bartolomé Mitre; Pedro Ferré; Joaquín Madariaga; Juan Madariaga; Pedro II; John Pascoe Grenfell; Jean Thiébaut; Robert Peel; Samuel Inglefield; Bento Gonçalves; Bento Manuel; Giuseppe Garibaldi;	Manuel Oribe; Juan A. Lavalleja; Juan M. de Rosas; Pascual Echagüe; William Brown;

The Uruguayan Civil War, also known in Spanish as the Guerra Grande ("Great War"), was a series of armed conflicts between the leaders of Uruguayan independence. While officially the war lasted from 1839 until 1851, it was a part of armed conflicts that started in 1832 and continued until the final military defeat of the Blancos faction in 1904.

Supporters of the two opposing presidents Rivera and Oribe formed two political parties: the Colorado Party and the National Party, both of which received backing and support from foreign sources, including neighboring Empire of Brazil, the Argentine Confederation, Buenos Aires Province as well as European powers, primarily the British Empire and the Kingdom of France, but also a legion of Italian volunteers including Giuseppe Garibaldi. The great diversity of nationalities among the military forces supporting the Colorado Party posed difficulties in arguing for their struggle in terms of a "national liberation"; instead, the Colorado Party side argued that they were defending "humanity" and "civilization" against "tyranny".