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2. Expedition of the Thousand - Wikipedia

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   The Expedition of the Thousand (Italian: Spedizione dei Mille) was an event of the unification of Italy that took place in 1860. A corps of volunteers led by Giuseppe Garibaldi sailed from Quarto al Mare near Genoa and landed in Marsala, Sicily, in order to conquer the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, ruled by the Spanish House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. [3]

3. British Legion (1860) - Wikipedia

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   The British Legion (Italian: Legione Britannica) was a military corps composed of English and Scottish volunteers, who in 1860 joined Giuseppe Garibaldi during the Expedition of the Thousand and fought for the unification of Italy, together with the Italian Redshirts, as part of their Southern Army against the Bourbon Army of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

4. Garibaldi (film) - Wikipedia

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   The film shows how Italy's historic national hero Giuseppe Garibaldi leads a military campaign known as the Expedition of the Thousand in 1860 and conquers Sicily and Naples. When the Bourbon monarchy has left Southern Italy, he supports Victor Emmanuel II of Italy who achieves a lasting unification under the aegis of the House of Savoy.

5. Redshirts (Italy) - Wikipedia

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   Redshirt volunteers from Brescia during the Expedition of the Thousand (1860) The Redshirts were very popular and influenced many armies worldwide. For example, during the American Civil War , the Union's Garibaldi Guard and its Confederate counterpart, the Garibaldi Legion , wore red shirts as a part of their uniforms.

6. Li chiamarono... briganti! - Wikipedia

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   Carmine Crocco (Enrico Lo Verso) is an outlaw native of Rionero in Vulture (), who was forced to the bandit's life after killing a man who had harassed his sister.He joined Giuseppe Garibaldi's Expedition of the Thousand against the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies hoping for a pardon, because the Savoy's government promised to forgive deserters in exchange for military service.

7. Category:Expedition of the Thousand - Wikipedia

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   Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; ... Pages in category "Expedition of the Thousand" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.

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9. Siege of Palermo - Wikipedia

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   With about 750 Redshirts able to fight, along with some 3,000 picciotti (Sicilian volunteer guerrillas), [1] on 27 May Garibaldi attacked the Sicilian capital of Palermo, held by a garrison of 18,000 to 22,000 Bourbon Army soldiers under the incompetent command of General Ferdinando Lanza.