claim: Commodore is used in few navies.
evidence: Italians have had a presence in the area since the explorations of the Europeans .. Many Sicilians immigrated to New Orleans in the 19th century , traveling on the Palermo-New Orleans route by ship .. Sicilians. Sicily. Palermo. Palermo. Almost all of the 19th-century immigrants to the city originated from Sicily .. Overall most Italian immigration occurred during the late 19th century , with those immigrating from that century outnumbering Italians who had immigrated prior to the American Civil War .. American Civil War. American Civil War. The March 14 , 1891 lynchings occurred after the 1890 assassination of the chief of police , David Hennessy .. It was the largest ever mass lynching in Louisiana history .. The use of the term `` mafia '' by local media in relation to the murder is the first known usage of the word in print .