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    Quote Originally Posted by Angiolillo View Post
    A relative of mine was the standard bearer for Garibaldi at the Calatafimi battle. He did not survive, alas. Anyway the very largest part of the one thousand red shirts (actually 1088 men and at least one disguised woman) that took Sicily and the Kingdom of Naples from Bourbons to unite them to forming Italy were still alive at the end of the campaign.
    The red shirt style, depicted below, was worn by many members of the Garibaldi Guard (39th New York State Volunteers) during the ACW:

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