Nullification Rebellion
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Whaler's Rebellion | |||||||
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Confederal Army regulars firing on a church occupied by the Bordenite militias in Salisbury | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Bordenites | Confederal Army | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Thomas Jackson Borden |
Mahlon Asquith Henry John Pinckney Alexander Porter | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
2,600 | 6,700 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
598 confirmed killed 1700 captured | 32 killed | ||||||
Unknown number of civilians accidentally killed |
The Whaler's Rebellion was an Ambrosian tax revolt that spiraled into an armed insurrection from on 2 February to its suppression on 11 May 1848.