By what nickname were the forces who, under Guiseppe Garibaldi, took over Sicily and Naples and helped establish the Italian State known?

robboy

Red Shirts, I'm assuming is what you're referring to. http://www.edel2000.it/club/CURrossaE.htm Jun 14 05, 6:50 PM

lanfranco

You're probably talking about the "Camicie rosse," or "Red Shirts." They were also called "I Mille," meaning "The Thousand." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Garibaldi Jun 14 05, 6:53 PM

UT-7	" The Thousand red-shirts". Jun 14 05, 7:08 PM

robboy

I suppose someone may have muttered that phrase, but by the time Garibaldi took Naples, his forces had swelled with more volunteers and reinforcements, so do you suppose perhaps they might have been called 'The Twenty-three thousand and eighty six Red Shirts"? Jun 14 05, 7:22 PM