Augusto Elia

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Augusto Elia

1829–1919

A soldier, patriot, and memoirist of Italy’s Risorgimento, he fought alongside Giuseppe Garibaldi and later wrote vivid firsthand recollections of the struggle for Italian unity. His long life carried him from the revolutions of the 1840s to the early twentieth century.

2 Audiobooks

Ricordi di un garibaldino dal 1847-48 al 1900. vol. I

Ricordi di un garibaldino dal 1847-48 al 1900. vol. I

by Augusto Elia

Ricordi di un garibaldino dal 1847-48 al 1900. vol. II

Ricordi di un garibaldino dal 1847-48 al 1900. vol. II

by Augusto Elia

About the author

Born in Ancona in 1829, Augusto Elia became closely tied to the cause of Italian unification at a young age. He joined the republican and patriotic movements of the Risorgimento and is especially remembered for fighting with Giuseppe Garibaldi in some of the best-known campaigns of the period.

Elia took part in major events including the defense of the Roman Republic and the Expedition of the Thousand, and he was seriously wounded at Aspromonte while trying to protect Garibaldi. His military and political life made him one of the notable Garibaldian figures of his generation.

He also left a written record of those years in his memoirs, including Ricordi di un garibaldino, which helps preserve the personal voice of someone who lived through the making of modern Italy. He died in 1919, remembered as both a participant in and a witness to the Risorgimento.