[DOC] [TLE] Expedition of the Thousand - Wikipedia [PAR] The Expedition of the Thousand (Italian Spedizione dei Mille) was an event of the 
Italian Risorgimento that took place in 1860. A corps of volunteers led by 
Giuseppe Garibaldi landed in Sicily in order to ... Red Shirts  Southern .... By May 
1860, Garibaldi had collected 1,089 volunteers for his expedition to Sicily. The 
largest... [DOC] [TLE] Giuseppe Garibaldi - Wikipedia [PAR] Giuseppe Garibaldi was an Italian general, politician and nationalist who played 
a large role in ... In the popular telling of his story, he is associated with the red 
shirts worn by .... At Mazzini's urging, Garibaldi took command of the defence of 
Rome. .... At the beginning of April 1860, uprisings in Messina and Palermo in the
... [DOC] [TLE] Giuseppe Garibaldi and Sicily - Best of Sicily Magazine [PAR] There was neither serfdom nor slavery in Sicily in 1860; feudalism had been 
abolished ... Garibaldi owed much of his initial success in the Sicilian campaign 
to the British, .... Back in Italy he joined the Carbonari movement and took part in 
the ... Sicily with just a thousand poorly-equipped men wearing symbolically red 
shirts. [DOC] [TLE] Garibaldi takes Palermo | History Today [PAR] He was feared as a human hurricane who might destroy everything in his path. ... 
But in April 1860 a rebellion erupted in Sicily and Garibaldi seized the ... a force 
of volunteers known as 'the Thousand' or 'the Red Shirts' in two steamships. [DOC] [TLE] Garibaldi and the 1,000 | The Economist [PAR] Dec 23, 1999 ... But this, with the birth of Italy in 1860-70, and of the new Germany in ... idea of red 
shirts came from the abattoirs of Uruguay), he had fought ... On May 11th, the 
thousand landed at Marsala, in western Sicily, to a ... His thousand disbanded, he 
returned to his island home on Caprera, ... And he takes it for. [DOC] [TLE] Garibaldi in Sicily - Unification of Italy from Sicily | The Thinking ... [PAR] Learn about the story of Garibaldi and the liberation of Sicily. ... along similar 
lines when he chose to begin his unification of Italy from Sicily. ... disembarked in 
Marsala on 11th May 1860 with just 1,000 men in tow (hence the expression 
Grazie Mille). ... Garibaldi and the "red-shirts", as his men were known, stocked 
up on the... [DOC] [TLE] eLearning - The Unification of Italy c1848-1871 - history-ontheweb [PAR] There he gained his first experience in guerrilla warfare. ... Garibaldi took part in 
the war of 1859 against Austria. ... With 1,000 volunteers, the Red Shirts, he 
landed (May, 1860) in Sicily, which had rebelled against Francis II, king of the 
Two... [DOC] [TLE] HISTORY OF ITALY [PAR] The first man to devote his life to revolution on behalf of a united Italy is a young 
... By 1834 he is under sentence of death in Piedmont, where he has tried to ... 
Both men spend the years between 1834 and 1848 in exile - Garibaldi taking part 
in .... With about 1000 men, many of them wearing red shirts (with the result that... [DOC] [TLE] Giuseppe Garibaldi facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ... [PAR] An unflagging foe of all tyranny, he devoted his life to fighting oppression. ... The 
plan failed and Garibaldi fled, taking refuge in France. He ... He was quickly 
elected to the Piedmontese Parliament, and in April 1860, he publicly attacked ... 
Garibaldi then punctuated these victories by holding plebiscites in Sicily and 
Naples. [DOC] [TLE] List of books and articles about Giuseppe Garibaldi | Online ... [PAR] Garibaldi resumed his seafaring life, but in 1854 he returned to Italy and soon 
bought part of ... Garibaldi took part in the war of 1859 against Austria. ... With 
1,000 volunteers, the Red Shirts, he landed (May, 1860) in Sicily, which had 
rebelled... [DOC] [TLE] NATIONALISM: GERMANY AND ITALY UNIFICATION [PAR] He called for an end to foreign rule and the unification of Italy based on the ... 
Leader of the Red

Question: He & his 1,000 "Red Shirts" took Sicily in 1860
Answer: Garibaldi