Col. Henry Theodore Titus
Filibustering in Nicaragua (Feb.-May 1857)
El Castillo, Nicaragua

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Titus (far left) recruiting in Kansas for the Nicaragua filibuster expedition.

 
 
     Titus failed taking Castillo Viejo, on Nicaragua's San Juan River, defended by Capt.
     Faustino Montes de Oca and British soldier of fortune George F. Cauty.
El Castillo at the San Juan de Nicaragua River

 
 
 
The American Hotel, El Castillo hamlet
El Castillo hamlet at the San Juan de Nicaragua River

 
 
 
     El Castillo at the San Juan de Nicaragua River
El Castillo at the San Juan de Nicaragua River

 
 


 
 


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