Giuseppe Garibaldi: “On that occasion, and in various other circumstances of a similar kind, I never hesitated for a moment, or thought of my…”

Although I professed different principles from his, and had fought for a different cause, I have ever been ready to acknowledge my obligations to that officer, and always desired an opportunity to prove my gratitude to him for granting me…

The sufferings which I endured after being unbound were indescribable: yet I did not complain.

But who, in those days, had ever taught them how to be patriots and Italians?

That battle, with so many dangers, and with so brilliant a result, gave much confidence to our troops, and to the inhabitants of that coast, who had been for a long time exposed to the inroads of that adroit and enterprising enemy…