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Quincy Whig in Quincy, Illinois

30 Mar 1919

Page 5

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Quincy Whig

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Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Mar 30, 1919

Page

5

Last survivor of Walker filibuster era spends quiet Quincy life

In Quincy Illinois Col Daniel Washington Vowles, 94, the lone survivor of the Walker filibuster band that fought to conquer Nicaragua in 1866 67, recalls daring campaigns and the dream of empire. He notes Commodore Vanderbilt drove Walker from Granada and recounts battles in jungles, exile, and later Confederate service before settling into retirement amid peace and memory.

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Nicaragua Quincy Ill Daniel Washington Vowles United States England Vowles Legion of Conquisidora William Walk Cortez Pizarro Revas Granada William Walker Franklin Erce New Orléans Antonio San Francisco Vanderbilt Cornelius Vanderbilt Commodore Gen. Walker Prescott Xenophon Walker Confederacy Vanderbilts Central America New York Grant Mississippi River Col Richmond Commodore Vanderbilt Spencer United States Navy Accessory Transit Co
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Walker and the Filibuster Rise to Granada

Veteran recounts the Walker filibuster in Nicaragua, detailing Vanderbilt backed coalitions against Costa Rica and neighbors, Walker's seizure of Accessory Transit ships, and the brutal Granada campaign. Col. Vowles speaks on Walker’s leadership, courage, and the multinational volunteers that formed his “foreign legion.”

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Rivas Walker Costa Rica G Walker United States Nicaraguan Commodore Vanderbilt New York Granada Col Vowles Leon Col. Vowles Gen. Walker England Foreign Legion South Alimo Rangers Texas San Antonio Tex Lockbridge Marcellus French Mexico Latin America
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