Redshirts volunteer corps

E364996

irregular military unit nationalist paramilitary group volunteer corps

The Redshirts volunteer corps were Giuseppe Garibaldi’s irregular nationalist fighters, famed for their distinctive red shirts and key role in the Italian unification campaigns.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Redshirts	4
Redshirt volunteers	1
Redshirts volunteer corps canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	irregular military unit ⓘ nationalist paramilitary group ⓘ volunteer corps ⓘ
activeInConflict	Aspromonte campaign 1862 ⓘ Battle of Bezzecca ⓘ surface form: Battle of Bezzecca 1866 Battle of Calatafimi ⓘ Battle of Milazzo (1860) ⓘ surface form: Battle of Milazzo 1860 Battle of the Volturno (1860) ⓘ surface form: Battle of the Volturno 1860 Expedition of the Thousand ⓘ Italian Risorgimento ⓘ surface form: Italian unification Roman Republic (1849) ⓘ surface form: Roman Republic of 1849 Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ French siege of Rome (1849) ⓘ surface form: Siege of Rome 1849 Third Italian War of Independence ⓘ
associatedWith	Italian Risorgimento ⓘ surface form: Italian unification movement Italian Risorgimento ⓘ surface form: Risorgimento
commander	Giuseppe Garibaldi ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
formedPartOf	Garibaldian forces ⓘ surface form: Garibaldi’s forces
hasAlternativeName	Camicie rosse ⓘ Garibaldini ⓘ Redshirts ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance	symbol of revolutionary nationalism in Italy ⓘ
hasDistinctiveFeature	red shirts ⓘ
hasRole	instrument of Italian unification ⓘ military arm of the Italian nationalist movement ⓘ
ideology	Italian nationalism ⓘ republicanism ⓘ
inspired	later volunteer militias worldwide ⓘ
languageOfCommand	Italian ⓘ
leader	Giuseppe Garibaldi ⓘ
namedAfter	red shirts worn as uniforms ⓘ
notableCommander	Giuseppe Garibaldi ⓘ
notableOperation	campaign in southern Italy 1860 ⓘ conquest of Sicily 1860 ⓘ crossing of the Strait of Messina 1860 ⓘ march from Marsala to Palermo ⓘ
opposedTo	Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ surface form: Austrian Empire Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (by unification of Naples and Sicily) ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Papal States ⓘ
recruitment	Italian patriots ⓘ international volunteers ⓘ volunteer enlistment ⓘ
significantEvent	Expedition of the Thousand ⓘ surface form: Expedition of the Thousand 1860 entry into Naples 1860 ⓘ landing at Marsala 1860 ⓘ
startTime	1840s ⓘ
usedUniformColor	red ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Expedition of the Thousand → commandStructure → Redshirts volunteer corps ⓘ

Giuseppe Garibaldi → commanded → Redshirts volunteer corps ⓘ

this entity surface form: Redshirts

Garibaldi’s Thousand → hasPart → Redshirts volunteer corps ⓘ

this entity surface form: Redshirt volunteers

Battle of Calatafimi → combatant → Redshirts volunteer corps ⓘ

this entity surface form: Redshirts

Battle of Calatafimi → hasParticipant → Redshirts volunteer corps ⓘ

this entity surface form: Redshirts

Battle of Milazzo (1860) → belligerent → Redshirts volunteer corps ⓘ

this entity surface form: Redshirts