Battle of Hipp's Point (1856)

Battle of Hipp's Point
Part of Filibuster War

Engraving of Hipp's Point
DateDecember 22, 1856
Location
Hipp's Point or La Trinidad, mouth of the Sarapiquí River, Heredia, Costa Rica
Result Costa Rican victory
Belligerents
William Walker's Filibusters Costa Rican Army
Commanders and leaders
Frank Thompson  (POW) Máximo Blanco
Joaquín Fernández
Sylvanus Spencer
Pierre Barillier
Strength
~70 filibusters ~130
Casualties and losses
~60 killed (on land and drowned), 2 captured. 2 wounded.

The Battle of Hipp's Point (also referred to as the Assault on Hipp's Point), also known in Central American historiography as the First Battle of La Trinidad, was a small but significant military engagement that occurred on December 22, 1856, at the confluence of the Sarapiquí River and the San Juan River, during the Filibuster War. This combat represented a crucial strategic victory for the Costa Rican Army, as it marked the beginning of the operation to capture the Transit Route, the main supply and reinforcement artery for William Walker's filibuster army.

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