Ardispherian Civil War

Ardispherian Civil War
Part of Ardispherian History
Flag of the Ardisphere
Date	14 April 1855 – 25 July 1858
Location	Ardisphere, White Sea 22°S, 123°E
Result	Federalist Victory Unconditional Surrender at El Cabo, DS Amnesty for vast majority of autonomists
Territorial changes	Secessionist parts of the Ardispheric Federation re-integrated
Belligerents
Ardispherian Federalists		FA:Repúblicas Autónomas del Sur Colonia Coreana Other Autnomist groups
Commanders and leaders
President Ángel Keum Marshall Donosio Kim General Victoria Persson		President Elvira Ordon-Grabb Governor Reina McQueen Marshall Guion Soc Guang Governor Espartero Yun
Strength
Federalist Regulars: 50,000 soldiers 2000 sailors Federalist Militias: 25,000 fighters		Autonomist Regulars: 65,000 soldiers 1500 sailors Autonomist Guerillas: 15,000 fighters Privateers and Mercenaries: 5000 fighters
Casualties and losses
Federalists: 25,000 dead from all causes		Autonomists: 55,000 dead from all causes

The Ardispherian Civil War, 1855-1858, was an important event in the Ardisphere's history.

In 1855 there were only 4 federal subjects, all called departamentos at that time: Sur, Centro (which included modern Departamento Libertad and Distrito Federal), Occidental (which included modern Departamento de Montañas and Departamento de Páramos) and Boreal (which included modern Colonia Galesa and Colonia Coreana). The Federation was constitutionally strong but there was a lot of resistence from the departaments against the central government, and numerous "Autonomist" groups had been agitating for a loosening or even dissolution of the Federation. The Federalist view was that there was a lot of corruption (and outright piracy and robbery) in the local governments, and thus believed that the Autonomists were a front for pirates and bandits.

Finally the election of 1855 provoked a crisis because the vote was so close that the Federal Senate was called upon to resolve it, but the Senate's Autonomists refused to sit in session, and thus there was no official result to the election. The outgoing president, Aquiles Huidobro - a sympathizer if not outright ally of the Federalist candidate Ángel Keum - staged a military "auto-coup" to force the Senate result and install Keum as his successor. The Autonomists, under the banner of the Partido Liberal candidate Octavio Sepúlveda at that point, decided enough was enough, and began to secede. First the Departamento del Sur seceded under Sureña governor Reina McQueen, who convoked an Autonomist congress in Palmeras Grises, DS and had Elvira Ordon-Grabb, a southern politician, declared president of the Républicas Autónomas del Sur (RAS). Within a few months, McQueen was followed by various comunas of the Departamento Boreal and the northern reaches of Departamento del Centro (what is now Departamento Libertad) under the leadership of Espartero Yun. Guion Soc Guang was made military marshal-in-chief of the Autonomist Army, and they staged a successful offensive against the Federalists, at different points advancing as far as Cerro Sombrero, DC, and Fin Ghiuletti, DC - both towns which are now essentially suburbs of the capital.

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See Also

• History of the Ardisphere
• Ángel Keum
• Elvira Ordon-Grabb
• Victoria Persson
• Espartero Yun

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