Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: Muna 1854, hondo yevagari vomunyika imwe chete yakatanga muNicaragua pakati peLegitimist Party (yainziwo Conservative Party), yaiva muguta reGranada, neDemocratic Party (yainziwo Liberal Party), yaiva muguta reLeón. Bato reDemocratic rakatsvaka rutsigiro rwemauto kubva kuna Walker uyo, kuti adzivise mitemo yeU.S. yokusava nedivi ravanotsigira, akawana chibvumirano kubva kumutungamiri weDemocratic Francisco Castellón kuti aunze "vagari venyika" vanosvika mazana matatu kuNicaragua. Ava varwi vanobhadharwa vakagamuchira maruramiro okutakura zvombo mubasa rehurumende yeDemocratic. Walker akafamba nechikepe kubva kuSan Francisco musi waMay 3, 1855, aine varume vanenge makumi matanhatu. Pakumhara, uto racho rakasimbiswa nevanhu vomunzvimbomo 110. Neuto raWalker raiva nomutsvakurudzi uye mutori wenhau aizivikanwa zvikuru Charles Wilkins Webber, pamwe chete nomufambi wechiNgezi Charles Frederick Henningsen, murwi wehondo yeFirst Carlist War,
Shanduko yeHungary, uye hondo muChercassia. Kunze kwaHenningsen, nhengo nhatu dzemauto aWalker dzakava vakuru veConfederate dzaiva Birkett D. Fry, Robert C. Tyler, naChatham Roberdeau Wheat.