Battle of Carpintería

{{short description|1836 battle in Uruguay}} {{infobox military conflict | partof = the [[Uruguayan Civil War]] | date = September 19, 1836 | image = Divisas utilizadas en Uruguay 02.jpg | place = Carpintería creek, [[Durazno Department]], [[Uruguay]] | result = Oribe government victory | combatant1 = [[File:Flag of the National Party (Uruguay).svg|23px]] Government of [[Manuel Oribe]] | combatant2 = [[File:Flag of Colorado Party (Uruguay).svg|border|23px]] Rebels with [[Fructuoso Rivera]] | commander1 = Ignacio Oribe<br>[[Juan Antonio Lavalleja]] | commander2 = [[Fructuoso Rivera]]<br>[[Juan Lavalle]] | strength1 = 2,200 – 3,000<ref name= Ref1 /> | strength2 = 1,400<ref name= Ref1 /> | conflict = }} {{Campaignbox Uruguayan Civil War}} The '''Battle of Carpintería''' was an important battle between troops loyal to the government of [[Manuel Oribe]] and the revolutionary forces led by [[Fructuoso Rivera]].<ref name= Ref1 >Estanislao Severo Zeballos & Carlos F. Melo (1911). ''Revista de derecho, historia y letras''. No. 39. Buenos Aires: J. Peuser, pp. 249</ref>

The combattants differentiated themselves with white or red-colored insignias.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131021132133/http://manosanta.com.uy/contenidos/ceibal/_pdf/historia/uruguay/012-origen-de-las-divisas-la-batalla-de-carpinteria.pdf Origen de las divisas: la batalla de la Carpintería]</ref> The whites were [[conservative]] and supporters of [[Federalist Party (Argentina)|Federalism]],<ref>Del Alcázar, Joan; Nuria Tabanera; Josep M. Santacreu & Antoni Marimon (2003). ''Historia contemporánea de América''. Valencia: Universitat de València, pp. 89. ISBN 9788437056708.</ref> while the red-colored supported [[liberalism]] and were close to the [[Unitarian Party|Unitarians]].<ref>Del Alcázar, 2003: 92</ref>

The battle meant a success for the government.<ref>Uteda, Saturnino (1917). ''Vida Militar de Dorrego''. La Plata: Anaconda, pp. 189.</ref> This is considered the birth of the [[National Party (Uruguay)|National Party]] ("blancos", white) and the [[Colorado Party (Uruguay)|Colorado Party]] ("colorados", red-colored).

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