Garibaldi’s Thousand

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Garibaldi’s Thousand was a volunteer force led by Giuseppe Garibaldi in 1860 that played a crucial role in the unification of Italy by conquering the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf expeditionary force
historical military unit
volunteer military force
aftermath territories handed to King Victor Emmanuel II
alsoKnownAs I Mille
The Thousand
approximateSize about 1,000 volunteers
associatedWith Cavour’s unification policy
Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia
surface form: Victor Emmanuel II of Italy
commander Giuseppe Garibaldi
commemoratedBy Italian patriotic literature
monuments in Italy
country Kingdom of Sardinia
dateOfLanding 11 May 1860
destination Sicily
endTime 1860
hasPart Redshirts volunteer corps
surface form: Redshirt volunteers
historicalPeriod 19th century
landingPlace Marsala
languageOfName Italian
leader Giuseppe Garibaldi
locationOfFormation Quarto, near Genoa
surface form: Quarto, Genoa
namedAfter approximate number of initial volunteers
notableBattle Battle of Calatafimi
Battle of Milazzo (1860)
Battle of Palermo (1860)
opponent Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (by unification of Naples and Sicily)
surface form: Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
originalName I Mille
partOf Italian Risorgimento
surface form: Italian unification

Italian Risorgimento
surface form: Risorgimento
pointOfDeparture Quarto, near Genoa
surface form: Quarto, Genoa
primaryObjective annexation of southern Italy to the Kingdom of Sardinia
overthrow Bourbon rule in southern Italy
recruitmentBasis volunteer enlistment
result collapse of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
expansion of the Kingdom of Sardinia
facilitation of the unification of Italy
significance key campaign in the Italian Risorgimento
significantEvent conquest of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
landing at Marsala
startTime 1860
supportedBy Italian nationalists
Kingdom of Sardinia
surface form: Kingdom of Sardinia (indirectly)
theaterOfOperations Sicily
southern Italian mainland
uniform red shirts

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Expedition of the Thousand alsoKnownAs Garibaldi’s Thousand
Nino Bixio partOf Garibaldi’s Thousand
this entity surface form: Garibaldi’s volunteers
Piemonte (steamship) carried Garibaldi’s Thousand
this entity surface form: Garibaldi’s Redshirts