sovereignty. The Catholic Church opposed these views bitterly and formed
             the Sonderbund, or the Separate Alliance. Ultimately a civil war broke out
             in Switzerland by 1847, called Sonderbundskrieg. Even in their own civil
             war, two of Swiss cantons declared neutrality and did not fight in the war
             at all. The war lasted under a month and had less than 100 deaths during
             the war despite having 200,000 soldiers on the battlefield. This was
             largely due to General Guilliame-Henri Dufour of the Federal Army ordering
             his men to care for the injured enemy troops, "They are our enemies for
             now, but they are still Swiss. We are simply reminding them of that."
             (Bonjour 133). This act of philanthropy eventual leads to the first Geneva
             Convention, which establishes the rules for the treatment of wounded in
             sick armed forces in the field, and the formation of the Red Cross as
             neutral medics during wars. The war resulted in the emergence of
             Switzerland as a federal state in 1848.
             The new federal state of Switzerland drafts its own constitution. It
             allows for Swiss Citizenship rather than strictly cantonal citizen ship
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