giuseppe garibaldi

     

Lincoln offered this Italian leader of the "Redshirts" a command in the Union Army, but he refused it

Trivia about giuseppe garibaldi

  • This redshirts leader led his final campaign when he fought for France in the Franco-Prussian War
  • "The Thousand" was a novel written by this Italian guerrilla leader based on his 1860 Sicilian expedition
  • Known as "The Hero of Two Worlds", this revolutionary seen here led military campaigns in Brazil & Italy
  • In 1848 he took 85 men, 2 cannons & 800 muskets from South America to Italy; how did he get through customs?
  • He first led his red-shirted Italian legion in the 1840s, fighting for Uruguay against Argentina
  • He offered his Red Shirts no pay; just "Hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles and death"
  • With 1,000 Redshirts to cover his back, he captured Sicily & Naples in 1860
  • Though famous for his red-shirted followers, he has an orange fish named for him
  • Born in France in 1807, he played a leading part in the unification of Italy
  • Giuseppe Mazzini, Conte di Cavour & this "Redshirt" were main figures of the Risorgimento movement
  • A statue of this Italian national hero of the 19th century is in NYC's Washington Square Park

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