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CIVIL WAR 1829-1830 The Chilean Civil War of 1829-1830 was an armed conflict between the forces of the conservative Pelucones (aristocratic conservatives) and liberal Pipiolos (upper class liberals). The argument was centered on the constitutional regime in power. The conflict ended with the defeat of the liberal forces and the approval of a new constitution in 1833, which remained in force until 1925. On December 7, 1829 conservative troops under General Jose Joaquin Prieto approached Santiago from the South. This army had been assembled largely through the efforts of Prieto's cousin, Manuel Bulnes Prieto, an important military figure and later President of Chile. The conservative army decided to halt the march for a while and camped a few miles outside the city. The government under President Francisco Ramon Vicuna immediately collapsed and fled first to Valparaíso and then northward to Coquimbo. On December 14, 1829, General Prieto and his troops met the liberal army under Francisco de la Lastra and defeated them at the Battle of Ochagavia. Meanwhile, President Vicuna and his ministers were captured and imprisoned by the victorious conservative troops.
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