Manfredo Fanti was an Italian general; he is known as the founder of the Royal Italian Army.
Manfredo Fanti in 1863
Second Italian War of Independence
The Second Italian War of Independence, also called the Sardinian War, the Austro-Sardinian War, the Franco-Austrian War, or the Italian War of 1859, was fought by the Second French Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia against the Austrian Empire in 1859 and played a crucial part in the process of Italian Unification.
Napoleon III at the Battle of Solferino, by Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier, oil on canvas, 1863
Battle of Montebello
Garibaldi leads his Hunters of the Alps in the Battle of Varese.
Battle of San Martino