Francis B. Spinola
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Francis Barretto Spinola was an American politician and military leader often considered to have been the first Italian American to be elected to the United States House of Representatives, serving tw
BEP engraved portrait of Spinola
Portrait of Mrs. Eliza Spinola, mother of Gen. Spinola, commissioned to William Sidney Mount by her son in 1853
Spinola brigade
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The Spinola Brigade, also known as Spinola's Empire Brigade, was a unit of the Union Army during the American Civil War. Composed of several regiments mainly from New York City; it was named after its
Francis B. Spinola
…to lift the Confederate siege of Washington, North Carolina. In July–October 1862 he recruited and organized a brigade of four regiments, known as Spinola's Empire Brigade. Spinola assumed command of the New York "Excelsior Brigade" (the Second Brigade, Second Division, Third Army Corps), on July 11, 1863, following the…
Francis Barretto Spinola, organizer of the "Spinola Empire Brigade" in the American Civil War.