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ENRICO COSENZ (1812–1898)

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 213 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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COSENZ (1812–1898)  , See also:Italian soldier, was See also:born at See also:Gaeta, on the 12th of See also:January 1812 . As See also:captain of See also:artillery in the Neapolitan See also:army he took See also:part in the expedition sent by See also:Ferdinand II. against the Austrians in 1848; but after the coup d'etat at See also:Naples he followed See also:General Guglielmo See also:Pepe in disobeying Ferdinand's See also:order for the withdrawal of the troops, and proceeded to See also:Venice to aid in defending that See also:city . As commandant of the fort of Marghera, See also:Cosenz displayed distinguished valour, and after the fall of the fort assumed the See also:defence of the Piazzale, where he was twice wounded . Upon the fall of Venice he fled to See also:Piedmont, where he remained until, in 1859, he assumed the command of a Garibaldian See also:regiment . In 186o he conducted the third Garibaldian expedition to See also:Sicily, defeated two Neapolitan brigades at Piale (See also:August 23), and marched victoriously upon Naples, where he was appointed See also:minister of See also:war, and took part in organizing the See also:plebiscite . During the war of 1866 his See also:division saw but little active service . After the war he repeatedly declined the See also:portfolio of war . In 1881, however, he became See also:chief of the general See also:staff, and held that position until a See also:short See also:time before his See also:death at See also:Rome on the 7th of August 1898 .

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