150 anni dell'unità d'Italia
Italia: per il nome bisogna risalire ad Italo, un capo tribù degli Enotri, popolo pre-romano lucano, mentre per il territorio bisogna andare al più recente 1860 quando le armi dei Savoia unificarono la penisola dalla Sicilia alle Alpi. Siamo il paese di più recente unificazione dell'Europa, insieme alla Germania che ha una storia unitaria legata anch'essa all'Ottocento.
Per fare l'Italia si scherzò poco. Bisognava essere veloci. Dopo le vittorie della diplomazia e delle armi sabaude chi non si arrendeva veniva perseguitato, arrestato o fucilato. O carcerato nelle fortezze sulle Alpi. A centinaia di migliaia. O veniva reclutato e fatto partire per sempre per l'America a combattere la guerra di successione. Pur di liberarsene. I ribelli andavano tolti di mezzo. Con fermezza. Ad ogni costo. Non ci sarà mai un'Italia unita se tutti gli italiani, da Schifani a Bossi che oggi siedono nello stesso governo, non conoscono la stessa storia. Quella storia che ancora oggi, nell'anno del 150° anniversario, è ancora secretata in alcuni documenti inaccessibili anche agli studiosi nelle casseforti dell'Archivio di Stato Nazionale all'Eur a Roma.
Da "Italiani nella guerra civile americana (1861-1865), di Cassani Emanuele, Prospettiva Editrice (collana CostellazioneOrione)2006 "Tra il dicembre 1860 e i primi mesi del 1861, le navi "Charles & Jane", "Utile Olyphant" ed "Elisabetta" trasportarono a New Orleans dei prigionieri borbonici catturati nell'Italia meridionale dai Piemontesi per arruolarli tra le truppe Confederate sudiste in vari reparti, tra i quali le Garibaldi Guards - Italian battalion Louisiana Militia. Ma gli italiani si arruolarono anche tra le truppe degli stati del nord. Tra le truppe dell'Unione nordista, il 27 maggio 1861 a New York si formò il 39TH N.Y. Infantry, (Garibaldi Guards). Tra questi reparti operò sul fronte la compagnia A del capitano Cesare Osnaghi. Meglio conosciuta con il nome di "Italian Company". Dal sito web http://www.ustica.org/genealogy/main.htm veniamo a conoscenza di alcuni nomi.
Italians in the Confederate Army
This is perhaps the earliest
accumulated list of Italian residents of New Orleans.
These Civil War roll calls were recorded in 1862
when New Orleans was captured by the Union Army. As a final act of honor, the
enlisted were required to report and be discharged. A roll call was done for
each company but only Field & Staff and the 1st Company are dated, 2 April 1862.
There are 341 men listed in the Italian Brigade. This list was compiled by the
National Archives and is not the original muster rolls.
New
Orleans Public Library, M320-174
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations
from the State of Louisiana.
Sixth Regiment European Brigade (Italian Guards Battalion), Militia
|
Soldier |
Rank / Company |
Residence / Remarks |
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Abbarzo Giuseppe |
3 Corporal 2nd Company |
|
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Agnello Raffaele |
3rd Company |
|
|
Ailara Angelo |
Private 1st Company |
303 Rampart street |
|
Alajmo Francesco |
1st Corporal 2nd Company |
|
|
Albanese Guiseppe |
Private 4th Company |
|
|
Amalfi Antonio |
3rd Company |
|
|
Amico Salvatore |
3rd Company |
|
|
Amodeo Nicola |
3rd Company |
sick |
|
Anselmi Angelo |
2nd Lieutenant 4th Company |
|
|
Anselmi Giovanni Batistta |
Private 1st Company |
470 Bagatelle street |
|
Anselmi Pietro |
4th Sergeant 2nd Company |
|
|
Anthoine Enrico |
Sergeant Furiere 4th Company |
|
|
Arata Tomaso |
Private 4th Company |
|
|
Arnauld Philip |
Private 1st Company |
141 Old Levee |
|
Atrania Lonardo |
Private 1st Company |
11 Main street |
|
Baglietto Vincenzo |
2nd Company |
|
|
Bagnato Rosario |
2nd Company |
|
|
Balistrieri Calogero |
2nd Company |
|
|
Barabara Felice |
3rd Company |
sick |
|
Baraco Vincenzo |
Private 4th Company |
absent |
|
Barraco Giacomo |
2nd Company |
|
|
Barraco Ignorio |
2nd Company |
|
|
Barraro Guiseppe |
Corporal 2nd Company |
sick |
|
Bayard Pierre |
Private Sapper Field and Staff |
|
|
Beltram Antonio |
3rd Company |
|
|
Benedetti Louis |
Private Sapper Field and Staff |
|
|
Bernero Giovanni Batistta |
2nd Company |
|
|
Biaggini Giovanni |
2nd Company |
absent |
|
Bertucci Antonio |
2nd Company |
|
|
Bertucci Francesco |
Private 1st Company |
764 Poydras street |
|
Bertucci Giovanni |
4th Corporal 2nd Company |
|
|
Bertucci Giovanni |
3rd Company |
|
|
Bertucci Guiseppe |
2nd Company |
|
|
Bertucci Salvatore |
2nd Company |
|
|
Biaggini Giovanni |
2nd Company |
absent |
|
Bianchieri Paolo |
Private 1st Company |
Schr Gabriel Aime |
|
Bilecci Antonio |
3rd Company |
sick |
|
Bollo Francesco |
2nd Company |
|
|
Bologni Guiseppe |
2nd Company |
|
|
Bongiovanni Paolo |
1st Sergeant 4th Company |
|
|
Bonnanno Guiseppe |
Private 4th Company |
absent |
|
Borzoni Bernado |
Private 4th Company |
absent |
|
Botto Francois |
Color Bearer Field and Staff |
|
|
Brisolara Antoine |
Corporal Major Field and Staff |
sick |
|
Brisolara Giovanni |
Private 1st Company |
Rampart and St Peters streets |
|
Brisolara Guiseppe |
2nd Corporal 1st Company |
Rampart and St Peters streets |
|
Buonanno Guiseppe |
2nd Company |
sick |
|
Brunini Nicola |
Private 1st Company |
173 Old Levee |
|
Bussetta Guiseppe |
Private 1st Company |
Chartes street between St Philip and Main |
|
Cafiero Rinaldo |
3rd Company |
absent without excuse |
|
Calderaro Emanuele |
4th Sergeant 4th Company |
|
|
Calderaro Giovanni |
Private 1st Company |
Dryades Market |
|
Camillere Carlo |
2nd Company |
|
|
Camilleri Giovanni Maria |
Private 4th Company |
|
|
Campora Giovanni |
Private 1st Company |
50 Bienville and Marei |
|
Canavaro Bernard |
Corporal Drummer Field and Staff |
|
|
Caravella Joseph |
Corporal Sapper Field and Staff |
|
|
Cardon Alessandro |
3rd Company |
|
|
Casa Laurenzo |
Private 4th Company |
absent |
|
Caserta Guiseppe di Felice |
Private 4th Company |
|
|
Caserta Guiseppe di Salvatore |
Private 4th Company |
sick |
|
Caserto Salvadore |
2nd Company |
|
|
Castagnetto Domenico |
2nd Company |
|
|
Castagnino David |
2nd Company |
|
|
Castagnino Emmanuele |
Private 1st Company |
286 Bourbon street |
|
Castelli Pietro |
3rd Company |
absent without excuse |
|
Castrucci Andrea |
Private 4th Company |
absent |
|
Castruni Lazzaro |
Private 1st Company |
354 Great Man street |
|
Cavallaro Ignazio |
3rd Company |
|
|
Cavasino Francesco |
3rd Company |
working at the gun boats |
|
Cavasino Gaspero |
3rd Company |
working at the gun boats |
|
Cavasino Vicenzo |
Private 4th Company |
absent |
|
Celli Candido |
3rd Company |
|
|
Chiaro Giuseppe |
Private 4th Company |
absent |
|
Chiofalo Filippo |
3rd Company |
|
|
Cingotta Domenico |
Private 4th Company |
|
|
Ciperlo Francesco |
2nd Company |
|
|
Climauro Antonio |
2nd Company |
|
|
Collica J. Joseph |
Private Sapper Field and Staff |
|
|
Colora Antonio |
2nd Company |
|
|
Coltraro Jean |
Private Sapper Field and Staff |
|
|
Compagno Antonio |
2nd Company |
|
|
Coppola Francesco |
Private 4th Company |
gone away |
|
Corrado Salvatore |
3rd Company |
|
|
Cosimo Girolamo |
3rd Company |
gone away |
|
Cosso Giulio |
Private 1st Company |
Rampart and Usruline streets |
|
Crestino Antonio |
Private 4th Company |
|
|
Crevetto --- |
2nd Company |
|
|
Croie Nicola |
3rd Company |
|
|
Cuneo Francesco |
Corporal Farrier 2nd Company |
sick |
|
Cuneo Giacomo |
3rd Company |
|
|
Cuttraro Caloggero |
2nd Company |
|
|
Cuttraro Felice |
2nd Company |
|
|
Damele Louis |
Sergeant Major Field and Staff |
|
|
Damico Pietro |
Corporal Farrier |
Perdido and Baronne streets |
|
Damico Salvatore |
3rd Sergeant 2nd Company |
|
|
DaMonte --- Jr |
Private 4th Company |
absent |
|
Danda Francesco |
2nd Company |
|
|
D'Angeli Francesco |
3rd Company |
absent without excuse |
|
D'Angeli Giuseppe |
3rd Company |
absent without excuse |
|
Danove Lorenzo |
Private 4th Company |
absent |
|
Dante Luige |
3rd Company |
|
|
Davilla P. |
Sergeant Major Field and Staff |
|
|
Debarbierig Enrico |
Private 1st Company |
225 Chartry street |
|
Debarbierig Michele |
Private 1st Company |
225 Chartry street |
|
Debarbierig Agostino |
3rd Sergeant 4th Company |
|
|
Decanini Domenico |
3rd Company |
|
|
DeFrancisce Pietro |
Private 1st Company |
absent |
|
Degregario Luciano |
2nd Company |
absent |
|
Degregario Michel |
Guard Armes Field and Staff |
absent |
|
Deguaro Salvatore |
3rd Company |
|
|
Dechiaro Antonio |
3rd Company |
absent without excuse |
|
Delerno Emmanuele |
3rd Company |
|
|
Della Valle G. Joseph |
Lieutenant Colonel Field and Staff |
|
|
Della Valle Jean Batptiste |
Adjunct Major |
|
|
Della Valle Mario |
2nd Sergeant 4th Company |
|
|
Delpino Domenico |
3rd Company |
|
|
DiLorenzo Antonio |
Private 4th Company |
|
|
Dispensa --- |
3rd Company |
absent without excuse |
|
Erzoe Giuseppe |
Private 1st Company |
367 St Anne street |
|
Faccidomo Giuseppe |
2nd Company |
|
|
Falconi Francesco |
Private 4th Company |
|
|
Fallo Bartolo |
Private |
1st Company |
|
Fallo Carmelo di Gni. |
Private |
1st Company |
|
Fallo Carmelo di Gppe. |
Private |
1st Company |
|
Fallo Francesco |
Private |
4th Company |
|
Fallo Giuseppe di Angelo |
Private |
1st Company |
|
Famularo Giuseppe |
2nd Company |
|
|
Fassiani Giuseppe |
Private 1st Company |
boat man |
|
Fassiani Tomaso |
Private 1st Company |
boat man |
|
Fava Emmanuele |
Private 1st Company |
|
|
Favaloro Giuseppe |
Private |
4th Company |
|
Ferrante Nicola |
3rd Company |
|
|
Fiorentino Domenico |
3rd Company |
|
|
Fonte Domenico |
2nd Company |
|
|
Frenna Ignazio |
3rd Company |
|
|
Gabrielli Salvatore |
Private 1st Company |
159 Fram Man street |
|
Galeotti Giovanni |
3rd Company |
|
|
Gatt Paolo |
3rd Company |
|
|
Gazro Francesco |
3rd Company |
absent without excuse |
|
Gazzo Francesco |
Private 3rd Company |
absent without excuse |
|
Giacomini Nicola |
Private 4th Company |
absent |
|
Giavagnoli Eugenio |
Private 4th Company |
|
|
Giuffria Salvatore |
Private 4th Company |
|
|
Glorioso Salvadore |
2nd Company |
|
|
Grabiele Pasquale |
Private 4th Company |
|
|
Grande Gaspero |
Private 4th Company |
|
|
Grande Giuseppe |
Private 1st Company |
10 Maine street |
|
Greco Leonardo |
3rd Company |
absent without excuse |
|
Greco Nicola |
3rd Company |
|
|
Greco Salvatore |
4th Company |
gone away |
|
Grimaldi Giovanni Battista |
Private 4th Company |
absent |
|
Guajana Gaspero |
Private 4th Company |
|
|
Guastavigna Luigi |
2nd Company |
|
|
Guida Salvatore |
Private 1st Company |
346 Robertson street |
|
Guilla Natale |
4th Sergeant 1st Company |
Chrtry street |
|
Incagnone Antonio |
3rd Company |
|
|
Ingargiola Cristofaro |
2nd Company |
|
|
Ippolito Giuseppe |
3rd Company |
|
|
Jannello Antonio |
3rd Company |
|
|
LaGreca Giovanni |
Private 4th Company |
sick |
|
Lago Domenico |
Private 1st Company |
71 Main street |
|
Lagomarrino Giacomo |
2nd Company |
|
|
Lamantia Giuseppe |
1st Corporal 4th Company |
|
|
Lamantia Vincenzo |
Private 1st Company |
774 Philippa street |
|
Lanasa Michele |
3rd Company |
|
|
Lanata Francesco |
Private 1st Company |
Old Basin and St Claude streets |
|
Lanatra Matteo |
3rd Company |
|
|
Lanava Antonio |
Private 1st Company |
13 Melpomene street |
|
Lanca Antonio |
Private 4th Company |
|
|
Lancetta Gaspero |
3rd Company |
|
|
Laprima Antonio |
Private 1st Company |
18 Main street |
|
Lardito Giacomo |
3rd Corporal |
344 St Phillip street |
|
Larocco Stefano |
2nd Company |
|
|
Larosa Carmelo |
3rd Company |
|
|
Lascola Calogero |
3rd Company |
|
|
Lauricella Salvatore |
3rd Company |
|
|
Lauricella Francesco |
2nd Company |
|
|
Lavizzo Giuseppe |
Captain 1st Company |
Chartry street |
|
Lazzara Luigi |
2nd Company |
sick |
|
Lazzarini Ferdinando |
Private 1st Company |
173 Old Levee |
|
Leon Giovanni |
Private 4th Company |
|
|
Leon Giuseppe |
Private 4th Company |
|
|
Limandri Francesco |
2nd Company |
|
|
Lombardo Stefano |
3rd Company |
absent without excuse |
|
Luchesi Giuseppe |
Drummer 1st Company |
354 Great Man street |
|
Luchesi Nicola |
Private 1st Company |
354 Great Man street |
|
Lugomarsino Giovanni |
3rd Company |
|
|
Macera Giacomo |
Private 1st Company |
170 Burgundi street |
|
Macera Giovanni |
Private 1st Company |
170 Burgundi street |
|
Macera Giovanni Battista |
2nd Sergeant 1st Company |
170 Burgundi street |
|
Maggio Antonio |
3rd Company |
|
|
Mancuso Antonio |
2nd Company |
|
|
Mancuso Francesco |
Private 4th Company |
|
|
Mancuso Gaetano |
2nd Company |
|
|
Mancuso Giuseppe |
2nd Company |
|
|
Mancuso Pietro |
2nd Company |
|
|
Manuyso Domenico |
Private 4th Company |
575 Magazine street |
|
Marinello Damiano |
3rd Company |
|
|
Marino Leonardo |
Private 4th Company |
|
|
Martello Domenico |
Private 1st Company |
303 New Basin street |
|
Martinoli Giuseppe |
Private 4th Company |
absent |
|
Mascari Agostino |
Corporal 1st Company |
174 Philippa street |
|
Mascari Vincenzo |
3rd company |
|
|
Massa Giacomo |
Private 1st Company |
Rampart and Usrulines |
|
Matina Giuseppe |
Private 4th Company |
|
|
Mattino Gaetano |
2nd Company |
|
|
Mazzei --- |
3rd Sergeant 1st Company |
123 Old Levee |
|
Mazzola Agostino |
Private 1st Company |
170 Benjamin street |
|
McCary Demitry |
Private 4th Company |
absent |
|
Mecchi Agostino |
Corporal Farier 4th Company |
|
|
Micci Domenico |
Private 4th Company |
|
|
Mizzi Giuseppe |
2nd Lieutenant 1st Company |
174 Bienville street |
|
Moglia Antonio |
3rd Company |
|
|
Mollica Pietro |
2nd Company |
|
|
Montedonico Antonio |
3rd Company |
|
|
Montoro Giuseppe |
Private 4th Company |
absent |
|
Morale Antonio |
Private 1st Company |
boat man |
|
Morale Antonio |
Private 4th Company |
boat man |
|
Morgani Bartolomeo |
Private 1st Company |
boat man |
|
Morgani Bartolomeo |
Private 4th Company |
absent |
|
Motisi Giovanni |
3rd Company |
absent without excuse |
|
Musso Tommaso |
1st Sergeant 2nd Company |
|
|
Nebbia Vincenzo |
Private 4th Company |
gone away |
|
Nini Luigi |
Private 4th Company |
absent |
|
Norisi Carlo |
3rd Company |
|
|
Olivare -- |
2nd Company |
|
|
Olivieri Luigi |
Private 1st Company |
Dryades Market |
|
Olivieri Vincenzo |
Private 1st Company |
Dryades Market |
|
Pace Giuseppe |
Private 4th Company |
absent |
|
Paillo Luigi |
3rd Company |
|
|
Palmieri Domenico |
2nd Corporal 4th Company |
|
|
Palmisano Gasparo |
Private 1st Company |
14 Main street |
|
Palumbo Paolo |
3rd Company |
|
|
Paoletti Giuseppe |
Captain 4th Company |
|
|
Papini Carlo |
Private 1st Company |
Condi street |
|
Pappalardo Vincent |
1st Lieutenant 3rd Company |
|
|
Parili Agostino |
Private 1st Company |
St Anne |
|
Parmigiano Gaetano |
3rd Company |
|
|
Perino Giovanni |
Private 1st Company |
boat man |
|
Permigiano Bernardo |
4th Company |
|
|
Perannio Giovanni |
2nd Company |
|
|
Persico Agostino |
3rd Company |
|
|
Piaggio Dario |
2nd Lieutenant 2nd Company |
|
|
Piaggio Enrico |
Captain 2nd Company |
|
|
Picone Antonio |
3rd Company |
|
|
Piccone Domenico |
Private 4th Company |
|
|
Pini Ferdinando |
1st Lieutenant 4th Company |
|
|
Pittade Francesco |
3rd Company |
|
|
Pittaluga Giuseppe |
Private 1st Company |
|
|
Plessa Calogero |
3rd Company |
|
|
Podesta Antonio |
3rd Company |
|
|
Poggio Pietro |
2nd Company |
absent |
|
Polinghi Antonio |
3rd Company |
|
|
Portoghesi Michele |
Private 4th Company |
absent |
|
Prestesimon Salvatore |
4th Corporal 1st Company |
Poydras Market |
|
Quadarella Angelo |
Private 4th Company |
gone away |
|
Raccich Nicola |
3rd Company |
|
|
Rallo Giuseppe |
Private 4th Company |
|
|
Rameli Davide |
Private 1st Company |
|
|
Rando Giuseppe |
2nd Company |
|
|
Ravenna Francesco |
2nd Company |
|
|
Repetto Giuseppe |
3rd Company |
|
|
Restucci Andrea |
3rd Company |
|
|
Ricciardi Francesco |
2nd Company |
|
|
Rimassa Giovanni |
2nd Company |
absent |
|
Rinauro Girolamo |
3rd Company |
|
|
Riso Seraffino |
Private 1st Company |
Comon and Prior |
|
Rizzo Giuseppe |
2nd Company |
|
|
Roberson Girogio |
2nd Company |
sick |
|
Romano Raffaele |
Private 4th Company |
absent |
|
Rossi Francesco |
3rd Company |
absent without excuse |
|
Runo --- |
2nd Company |
absent |
|
Russo Agostino |
3rd Company |
|
|
Russo Jean |
Private 4th Company |
|
|
Russo Saverio |
Private 4th Company |
gone away |
|
Sabatini Giovanni |
3rd Company |
absent without excuse |
|
Salem Giuliano |
Private 3rd Company |
absent |
|
Salomone Antonio |
Private 1st Company |
Poydras Market |
|
Salomone Lorenzo |
Private 1st Company |
|
|
Sansone Giuseppe |
4th Corporal 4th Company |
|
|
Sarzana Pietro |
Private 4th Company |
absent |
|
Sciallona Nicola |
Private 1st Company |
|
|
Scimiluca Michiele |
2nd Company |
|
|
Scontrino Danisio |
3rd Company |
works at the gun boats |
|
Secchi Giovanni |
2nd Company |
|
|
Sedotti Francois |
Sergeant Sapper Field and Staff |
|
|
Shibera Francesco |
3rd Company |
|
|
Sidoli Antonio |
Sergeant 2nd Company |
|
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Simeria Francesco |
Private 1st Company |
Schr. Brazos |
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Simone Giuseppe |
2nd Company |
|
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Sisaccaluga |
Private 1st Company |
Rampart and Usrsuline |
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Siscchitano Antonio |
Private 1st Company |
Dryades Market |
|
Smidt Giovanni |
3rd Company |
|
|
Soccola Angelo |
1st Lieutenant 1st Company |
141 Old Levee |
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Socola Giovanni Battista |
Private 1st Company |
141 Old Levee |
|
Solari Giuseppe |
2nd Company |
|
|
Solari Michiele |
2nd Company |
|
|
Sollari Giovanni Battista |
Private 4th Company |
absent |
|
Spagmiolo Felice |
2nd Company |
|
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Spano Bartolo |
4th Company |
|
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Spano Francesco |
Private 1st Company |
303 Rampart street |
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Sparicio Lio |
2nd Company |
|
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Sparino Antonio |
3rd Company |
sick |
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Spataro Antonio |
3rd Company |
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Staynino Raffaele |
3rd Company |
sick |
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Taranto Carmelo |
Corporal 4th Company |
|
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Taranto Felice |
2nd Company |
|
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Taranto Gaetano |
2nd Company |
|
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Tasso Francesco |
Private 1st Company |
|
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Tasso Francesco |
Private 3rd Company |
|
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Tasso Francesco |
Private 4th Company |
|
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Tomasi Felice |
Private 4th Company |
|
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Tomasi Jean |
Private 4th Company |
|
|
Toronelli Giovanni |
Private 1st Company |
Orleans and Bourbon |
|
Torre Giuseppe |
2nd Sergeant 2nd Company |
|
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Torre Luigi |
1st Lieutenant |
1st Company |
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Torre Pietro |
3rd Company |
|
|
Torrenti Giacomo |
3rd Company |
sick |
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Tramontano Rosolino |
1st Lieutenant 2nd Company |
|
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Traversso Antonio |
Private 1st Company |
157 Carondelete street |
|
Trepani Stefano |
Private 2nd Company |
absent |
|
Troys Effisio |
Quarter Master 1st Company |
149 Old Levee |
|
Umina Antonio |
2nd Company |
sick |
|
Valenza Antonio |
Private 4th Company |
absent |
|
Valenzano Giuseppe |
Private 1st Company |
18 Main street |
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Valenzia Salvatore |
Private 1st Company |
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Valle Angelo |
3rd Company |
working at gun boats |
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Valle Girolamo |
3rd Company |
working at gun boats |
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Vassallo Antonio |
Private 1st Company |
boat comet |
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Ventrici Giuseppe |
Private 4th Company |
absent |
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Ventrici Pietro |
Private 4th Company |
absent |
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Vidonovich Stefano |
Private 4th Company |
absent |
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Villiot Giuseppe |
Captain 3rd Company |
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Virgilio Luciano |
Private 4th Company |
sick |
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Zacca Apollonio |
2nd Company |
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Zagame Gaetano |
2nd Company |
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Zagame Giovanni |
2nd Company |
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Zagame Giuseppe |
2nd Company |
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Zanella Antonio |
Private 4th Company |
absent |
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Zanetti Fortunato |
2nd Company |
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Zinavo Antonio |
Private 1st Company |
178 Rampart street |
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Zinavo Giuseppe |
Private 1st Company |
(to havana) |