A devaluation of Bernese money caused Causation a tax revolt Change_of_leadership that spread Dispersal from the Entlebuch valley in the Canton of Lucerne to the Emmental valley in the Canton of Bern and then to the cantons of Solothurn and Basel and also to the Aargau .

The peasants laid Placing siege Besieging on Bern and Lucerne , whereupon the cities negotiated Communication a peace agreement with the peasant leader Niklaus Leuenberger , the so-called peace on the Murifeld .

The Sonderbund consisted of the cantons of Lucerne , Fribourg , Valais , Uri , Schwyz , Unterwalden and Zug , all predominantly Catholic and governed Control by Conservative administrations .

Major actions were fought Hostile_encounter at Fribourg , Geltwil , Lunnern , Lucerne , and finally at Gisikon , Meierskappel , and Schüpfheim , after which Lucerne capitulated Surrendering on 24 November .

Major actions were fought Hostile_encounter at Fribourg , Geltwil , Lunnern , Lucerne , and finally at Gisikon , Meierskappel , and Schüpfheim , after which Lucerne capitulated Surrendering on 24 November .