Castelfidardo, the Volturno, and the Siege of Gaeta
Bombardment of Gaeta, February 5, 1861. Battle of Calatafimi, painting from 1860 . Garibaldi arrived in Naples by train with six companions and was received with great fanfare. The Garibaldini-now 20,000 men of the Southern Army-marched to the left bank of the Volturno River. The Bourbon army stood on the opposite bank with 25,000 men, […]
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