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Battle of the Volturno, the Glossary

The Battle of the Volturno refers to a series of military clashes between Giuseppe Garibaldi's volunteers and the troops of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies occurring around the River Volturno, between the cities of Capua and Caserta in northern Campania, in September and October 1860.^[1]

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23 relations: Bellona, Campania, Calabria, Campania, Capua, Caserta, Expedition of the Thousand, Francis II of the Two Sicilies, Gaeta, Giacomo Medici (general), Giosuè Ritucci, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, Maddaloni, Naples, Nino Bixio, Royal Sardinian Army, Sant'Angelo in Formis, Santa Maria a Vico, Sicily, Siege of Gaeta (1860–1861), Southern Army (Italy), Unification of Italy, Volturno.
1860 in Italy
Battles involving the Kingdom of Naples
Battles of the Expedition of the Thousand
Conflicts in 1860
Military history of Campania
October 1860 events

Bellona, Campania

Bellona is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about north of Naples and about northwest of Caserta.

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Calabria

Calabria is a region in southern Italy.

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Campania

Campania is an administrative region of Italy; most of it is in the south-western portion of the Italian peninsula (with the Tyrrhenian Sea to its west), but it also includes the small Phlegraean Islands and the island of Capri.

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Capua

Capua is a city and comune in the province of Caserta, in the region of Campania, southern Italy, situated north of Naples, on the northeastern edge of the Campanian plain.

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Caserta

Caserta is the capital of the province of Caserta in the Campania region of Italy.

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Expedition of the Thousand

The Expedition of the Thousand (Spedizione dei Mille) was an event of the unification of Italy that took place in 1860. Battle of the Volturno and Expedition of the Thousand are 1860 in Italy and Conflicts in 1860.

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Francis II of the Two Sicilies

Francis II (Neapolitan and Francesco II, christened Francesco d'Assisi Maria Leopoldo; Francischieddu; 16 January 1836 – 27 December 1894) was King of the Two Sicilies.

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Gaeta

Gaeta (Cāiēta; Southern Laziale: Gaieta) is a city in the province of Latina, in Lazio, Italy.

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Giacomo Medici (general)

Giacomo Medici, Marchese del Vascello (15 January 1817 – 9 March 1882) was an Italian nobleman, patriot and soldier.

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Giosuè Ritucci

Giosuè Ritucci Lambertini di Santanastasia (1794, Naples–1869, Naples) was a military commander and minister of war in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

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Giuseppe Garibaldi

Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi (In his native Ligurian language, he is known as Gioxeppe Gaibado. In his particular Niçard dialect of Ligurian, he was known as Jousé or Josep. 4 July 1807 – 2 June 1882) was an Italian general, patriot, revolutionary and republican.

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Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (Regno delle Due Sicilie) was a kingdom in Southern Italy from 1816 to 1861 under the control of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, a cadet branch of the Bourbons.

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Maddaloni

Maddaloni (Campanian: Matalùnë) is a town and comune of Campania, Italy, in the province of Caserta, about southeast of Caserta, with stations on the railways from Caserta to Benevento and from Caserta to Naples.

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Naples

Naples (Napoli; Napule) is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's administrative limits as of 2022.

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Nino Bixio

Gerolamo "Nino" Bixio (2 October 1821 – 16 December 1873) was an Italian general, patriot and politician, one of the most prominent figures in the Italian unification.

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Royal Sardinian Army

The Royal Sardinian Army (also the Sardinian Army, the Royal Sardo-Piedmontese Army, the Savoyard Army, or the Piedmontese Army) was the army of the Duchy of Savoy and then of the Kingdom of Sardinia, which was active from 1416 until it became the Royal Italian Army on 4 May 1861.

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Sant'Angelo in Formis

Sant'Angelo in Formis is an abbey in the municipality of Capua in southern Italy.

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Santa Maria a Vico

Santa Maria a Vico is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about northeast of Naples and about southeast of Caserta.

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Sicily

Sicily (Sicilia,; Sicilia,, officially Regione Siciliana) is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy.

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Siege of Gaeta (1860–1861)

The siege of Gaeta was the concluding event of the war between the Kingdom of Sardinia and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, part of the unification of Italy. Battle of the Volturno and siege of Gaeta (1860–1861) are 1860 in Italy, Battles of the Expedition of the Thousand and Conflicts in 1860.

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Southern Army (Italy)

The Southern Army (esercito meridionale) was the force of around 50,000 Italian and foreign volunteers which formed as a result of the Expedition of the Thousand.

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Unification of Italy

The unification of Italy (Unità d'Italia), also known as the Risorgimento, was the 19th century political and social movement that in 1861 resulted in the consolidation of various states of the Italian Peninsula and its outlying isles into a single state, the Kingdom of Italy.

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Volturno

The Volturno (ancient Latin name Volturnus, from volvere, to roll) is a river in south-central Italy.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Volturno

Also known as Battle of Volturno (1860), Battle of Volturnus (1860), Battle of the Volturno (1860), Battle of the Volturnus (1860).