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The only member of the Thousand from Lucca was Giovanni Antonelli, son of Arcangelo, born in Pedona di Camaiore on 13 December 1820. An illiterate labourer, Giovanni was always a rebel and active opponent of the political order of the time. He deserted from the Grand Duke’s army,...
Edme Patrice Maurice de Mac Mahon (1808 – 1893), a French soldier and politician played an important part in the story of the Risorgimento. Having distinguished himself in the Crimean War, he was sent by Napoleon III to head the II French Army Corps fighting in northern Italy...
Francesco Nullo (1826 – 1863), born in Bergamo to a family belonging to the well-to-do business middle class, took part in the Five Days of Milan in 1848 and the following year in the defence of the Roman Republic. In 1859 he fought at Varese and San Fermo....
The brothers Andrea (Livorno 1819 – 1887) and Jacopo Sgarallino (Livorno 1823 – 1879) are examples of the common people who supported Garibaldi and the Italian cause. Andrea fought at Montanara in 1848 and was involved in the ill-fated defence of Livorno in the following year. In 1860...
Giacomo Medici del Vascello (Milan, 15 January 1817 – Rome, 9 March, 1882) led the volunteers in 1848 along with Garibaldi. In Rome in 1849, he was at the head of the ‘Medici Legion’ and distinguished himself in the defence of the Villa del Vascello. In the 2nd...
Vittorio Imbriani (Naples 1840 – 1886) spent his youth in exile with his father Paolo Emilio. He followed the teaching of F. De Sanctis in Zurich and completed his studies in Berlin. He volunteered in 1859, was a member of Garibaldi’s troops in 1866 and was taken prisoner...
(Lucca, 29 September 1780 – ibid., 27 May 1861). He was born into a rich, noble family, the son of Giovan Battista Mansi and Maria Caterina Massoni. His father died when he was young and in 1800 he was adopted by the aristocrat Francesco Mazzarosa, a relative, who...
(Lucca, 1798 – ibid., 1858). He studied grammar and rhetoric at the University of Lucca, also known as the “Public Educational Institute of San Frediano”. In 1820 he went to Rome to practise law and remained there for four years, at the end of which he returned to...
(Monti di Villa, Bagni di Lucca 1 XII 1817 – 1856). Priest, scientist and patriot from Lucca. He attended the seminary in Lucca and the University of Pisa where he graduated in physics and mathematics. In 1848, he was involved in the First War of Independence as chaplain...
Angelo Borrini, son of Francesco Maria and Piera Pieri, was born in Lucca in 1805. The family engaged a French tutor for him who could be both strict and liberal in his attitude. As a student at the University of Pisa, he showed a strong propensity for the...
