Acquisition of the Southern States

The south:

• Garibaldi found out that his hometown of Nice was being handed over to France and became furious at that thought
• he organised a group of volunteers known as 'The Thousand' and planned to prevent the handing over
• however, since a lot of his followers were Sicillians, his focus was on the revolt that broke out in Sicily in 1860
• after being persuaded to get involved, he sent his followers ahead of himself to tell them help was on its way
• Garibaldi then set sail and landed on Sicily 11th May 1860
• he was greeted warmly and even took charge of the state at one point
• his army increased in numbers
• he and his…