The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-10-11
Garibaldi's Own Account Of His
Capture.


ing Herald forwards a remarkable docu-
ment, which purports to be an account
Of the battle Of Aspromonte, written by
GAEIBALD1 himself on the 1st of Septem-
Der, from on board the Duke Of Genoa
COS BOARD THE DUcA DE- cESOyA, Sept. 1.
"They thirsted for blood, and wish
ed to spare it, Not the poor soldier
who obeyed, bu the men of the coterie,
who cannot pardon the revolution for be-
ing a revolution, "a thing which disturbs
their conservative DIGESTION and for
having contributed to reconstruct our
Italian family. Yes, they thirsted for
blood I perceived this with pain, and
| applied myself in consequence TO pre-
vent theirs being she'd I went along
the front Of our lines, crying out not TO
fire, and from the center TO the left, when
my voice and that Of my aid de- camp
could be heard, not a shot was fred 1t
was not SO on the side of the attacking
party, On reaching within two hun
drod yards they commenced tremend-
GUS fire, and the party of Barsaglieri
who were opposite me, directing their
aim at me, hit me with two balls, one in
the left thigh not serious, and the other
in the instep Of the right foot which
gave n severe wound As all this hap
pened at the very outset of the conflict,
and rs | was carried into the wood after
being wounded could see nothing more
Of what took place as a crowd collected
round me while the wound was being
| dressed I can, however, state that as
far as the end Of the line within reach of
me and Ofmy aides de-camp not single
shot was fired. AS no firing took place
on our side 10 was easy for the troops
to approach aud mingle with the men,
and as / was told that they pretended
gulars) should be themselves disarmed.
Nevertheless, the intentions Of my COM
panions we're so little hostile that only
succeeded in our having the arms taken
from very few of The regulars Matters
went on differently on our right The
picciotti, being attaked by the regular
troops, replied by fire along the whole
line, and although the bugles gave the
signal to cease firing, it lasted for about
quarter of an hour. My woun were
the cause Of some little confusion along
| the whole of our line, Our soldiers not
! seeing me began to retire into The wood,
so that by degrees the crowd around me
! dispersed and only the IN st faithful
remained. At that moment heard that
my staff and Colonel PallavicinO, who
commanded the regular troops, were ne
gotiation on the following conditions /.
That was free with my staff to 20 where
l choose q replied on board an English
| vessel > 2. That when once arrived at the
seaside my companions should be set at
! liberty. Colonel PallavicinO acted as a
bold and intelligent officer IN all his mil
itary movements He was not wanting
in consideration and courtesy towards me
and iowa DIS my men. lie manifest
ed his grief az having shed Italian
blood, but he had received peremptory
orders and was compelled to obey them
| My arrangements had he,n purely de-
lensiye, and hoped TO be able to avoid
avoid conflict from the strong position
/ occupied and from the hope that the
regular troops had received less -auguln-
airy orders If / had not received orders
under any circumstances TO avoid any
collision with the regular troops, the
struggle might have become terrible.
Nevertheless tits better as it is What
ever may be the result Of my wounds,
and whatever may be the iaie prepared
for me by the Government ] am con-
scious Of having done my duty, ana the
sacrifice of my life is bat triile 1t it
will save those Of great number Of my
fellow-citizens 10 the haz rdous enter
prise in which and my cpmpan ons en-
barked, l hoped for nothing good from
the government of Ratazzi; but why
ought / not 10 hope for less rigOr on the
part of the King, not having in any way
changed the old programme, and decided
on not chanling il az any price? What
atllicis me most is that fatal mistrust
which contributes not littlr 10 leave the
national unity unfinished. However this
may be, / present myself before Italy
with my head erect, sure of having done
my duty. This time my life, and thai
far more precious than mine, of 80 many
generous youths, have been offered as a
holocaust TO the most sacred Of causes
pure from the faint of any vile personal
interest c. GARIBALDI."