What is Red shirts?
'''Redshirts''' or '''Red coats''' is the name given to the [[wikt:volunteer|volunteer]]s who followed [[Giuseppe Garibaldi]]. He was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[revolutionary]] who [[Unification of Italy|unified]] Italy by [[Invasion|conquering]] the [[Kingdom of the Two Sicilies]] in 1861.<ref>Frank W. Alduino; David J. Coles, ''Sons of Garibaldi in Blue and Gray: Italians in the American Civil War'' (Youngstown, NY: Cambria Press, 2007), pp. 29–30</ref> The name came from the color of their [[shirt]]s. == References == {{reflist}} {{military-stub}} [[Category:19th century in Italy]]