Battle of the Volturno

September 26 – October 2, 1860 · Volturno

Result Garibaldine victory

Giuseppe Garibaldi's volunteers defeated the army of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies on the Volturno River. The victory secured southern Italy for Italian unification.

On the map Contemporaries

Italy

Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

Italy

Redshirts

Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

Giuseppe Garibaldi military commander

Giosuè Ritucci military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 20,00018,000
Casualties: 2,700
Killed: 306
Wounded: 1,327
Captured: 1,200
Missing: 389
Guns: 38
Guns lost: 6

Strength: 28,00038,000
Casualties: 4,700
Killed: 260
Wounded: 731
Captured: 2,2533,000
Guns: 64
Guns lost: 7