page_title: Sonderbund War
section_title: Surrender of Lucerne
hierarchical_section_title: Sonderbund War / The conflict / The Lucerne campaign / Surrender of Lucerne
caption_attribution_description: English: Sonderbund war 1847, Switzerland: Ink drawing by Lt. Charles-Alexandre Steinhäuslin, first company of the 19th batallion of the second brigade of the II. federal division. Français&#160;: Guerre du Sonderbund 1847: Dessin à la plume par Charles-Alexandre Steinhäuslin, lieutenant auprès de la première compagnie du bataillon 19 de la deuxième brigade de la deuxième division fédérale. Deutsch: Sonderbundskrieg 1847: Tuschezeichnung von Leutnant Charles-Alexandre Steinhäuslin von der 1. Kompanie, 19. Bataillon, 2. Brigade der II. eidgenössischen Division.
context_page_description: The Sonderbund War of November 1847 was a civil war in Switzerland, then still a relatively loose confederacy of cantons. It ensued after seven Catholic cantons formed the Sonderbund in 1845 to protect their interests against a centralization of power. The war concluded with the defeat of the Sonderbund. It resulted in the emergence of Switzerland as a federal state, concluding the period of political "restoration and regeneration" in Switzerland.
  The Sonderbund consisted of the cantons of Lucerne, Fribourg, Valais, Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden and Zug, all predominantly Catholic and governed by conservative administrations. The cantons of Ticino and Solothurn, also predominantly Catholic but governed by liberal administrations, did not join the alliance.
  After the Tagsatzung declared the Sonderbund unconstitutional and ordered it dissolved by force, General Guillaume Henri Dufour led the federal army of 100,000 and defeated the Sonderbund forces under Johann Ulrich von Salis-Soglio in a campaign that lasted only a few weeks, from November 3 to November 29, and claimed fewer than a hundred lives.
context_section_description: The federal victories at Gisikon and Meierskappel brought federal troops within striking distance of Lucerne. On the evening of November 23, the leadership of Lucerne and the Jesuits abandoned the city and fled to Uri. On the following morning the victorious federal troops entered the city unopposed.
caption: The 2nd Division crosses the Emme river into Littau.
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