El Salvador is a stronghold of liberal sentiment.

Most Salvadorans, therefore, support the rule of Morazán, who serves as president of the federation from 1829 to 1840 when he is not leading forces in the field against the conservative followers of Rafael Carrera of Guatemala.

In the waning days of liberal rule, San Salvador serves as Morazán's last bastion.

Unable to stem the tide of conservative backlash, the liberal forces fall to those of Carrera in March 1840.

Morazán dies before a firing squad in September 1842.