Trying to Conquer a Central American Nation

In 1855, William Walker and 57 followers left San Francisco by boat to conquer Nicaragua. They attacked the Legitimists stronghold of Rivas but were driven out after suffering significant casualties. The case went to Jerry who deliberated for a grand total of eight minutes that declared them not guilty. Now a free man Walker found employment as the editor of a newspaper in Sacramento. He wrote a series of editorials complaining about extremists on both sides of the slavery versus abolition debate. But writing was not enough to capture his attention anymore. Once you've tried to conquer a Central American nation, nothing else is going to hit the spotlight trying to conquer another Central American nation. So he conquers Nicaragua.