Crossing to the Mainland
- When
- August 1860
- Where
- Strait of Messina crossing
After securing Sicily, Garibaldi's forces crossed from the island to the Italian mainland in August 1860 to continue the campaign against the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
Following the Sicilian campaign, Garibaldi's forces crossed the Strait of Messina to the Italian mainland to continue their advance against the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. A legacy record dates the crossing to 22 August 1860, but the supplied passages do not state a specific crossing date; they note only that departures from northern ports ceased on 20 August and that Cavour suspended departures at the end of August 1860 as he prepared to invade the Papal States and Two Sicilies territory.
Sources
- Expedition of the Thousand Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-13
- Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-20
Machine-drafted from the cited Wikipedia passages and checked by a reviewing model, not by a human editor. Every passage cites the revision it was written from; dates and places follow those passages.