✦ History

Part of Italian unification

Expedition of the Thousand

May 5 – October 26, 1860 · Marsala, Sicily

Result Garibaldine victory

Garibaldi and about a thousand volunteers landed in Sicily and conquered the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, which then joined united Italy.

On the map Overview Contemporaries

Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

Garibaldi and Sardinia

Other

Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Kingdom of Sardinia Garibaldi's volunteers sailed from Sardinian territory; the Sardinian army invaded in September 1860
Redshirts
Francis II of the Two Sicilies belligerent leader Giosuè Ritucci military commander Francesco Landi military commander
Victor Emmanuel II King of Sardinia, Met Garibaldi at Teano and took over the south Giuseppe Garibaldi Commander, Led the volunteers from Genoa to Naples Giacomo Medici military commander Enrico Cosenz military commander

Strength and losses

Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Killed c. 4,500

Killed
c. 6,000

Units

V Army Corps (Italy)

Battles 1

Also involved 4