Redshirts volunteer corps
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The Redshirts volunteer corps were Giuseppe Garibaldi’s irregular nationalist fighters, famed for their distinctive red shirts and key role in the Italian unification campaigns.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Redshirts | 4 |
| Redshirt volunteers | 1 |
| Redshirts volunteer corps canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Redshirts volunteer corps Context triple: [Expedition of the Thousand, commandStructure, Redshirts volunteer corps]
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Red Shirts
The Red Shirts were white supremacist paramilitary groups in the post–Civil War American South that used violence and intimidation to suppress Black voters and help restore conservative Democratic control after Reconstruction.
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The Volunteers
The Volunteers was the popular name for the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, a locally raised militia that provided auxiliary military defense for Hong Kong, particularly during the early 20th century and World War II.
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The Corps
The Corps is the student military-style leadership organization at Texas A&M University known for its traditions, discipline, and role in campus life.
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D.
The Brethren
The Brethren is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham that follows three disgraced former judges running an extortion scam from inside a federal prison.
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E.
A Call to Service
"A Call to Service" is a political memoir and policy manifesto by John Kerry outlining his life in public service and his vision for America's future.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Redshirts volunteer corps Target entity description: The Redshirts volunteer corps were Giuseppe Garibaldi’s irregular nationalist fighters, famed for their distinctive red shirts and key role in the Italian unification campaigns.
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A.
Red Shirts
The Red Shirts were white supremacist paramilitary groups in the post–Civil War American South that used violence and intimidation to suppress Black voters and help restore conservative Democratic control after Reconstruction.
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B.
The Volunteers
The Volunteers was the popular name for the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, a locally raised militia that provided auxiliary military defense for Hong Kong, particularly during the early 20th century and World War II.
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C.
The Corps
The Corps is the student military-style leadership organization at Texas A&M University known for its traditions, discipline, and role in campus life.
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D.
The Brethren
The Brethren is a legal thriller novel by John Grisham that follows three disgraced former judges running an extortion scam from inside a federal prison.
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E.
A Call to Service
"A Call to Service" is a political memoir and policy manifesto by John Kerry outlining his life in public service and his vision for America's future.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
irregular military unit
ⓘ
nationalist paramilitary group ⓘ volunteer corps ⓘ |
| activeInConflict |
Aspromonte campaign 1862
ⓘ
Battle of Bezzecca ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Bezzecca 1866
Battle of Calatafimi ⓘ Battle of Milazzo (1860) ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Milazzo 1860
Battle of the Volturno (1860) ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of the Volturno 1860
Expedition of the Thousand ⓘ Italian Risorgimento ⓘ
surface form:
Italian unification
Roman Republic (1849) ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Republic of 1849
Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ French siege of Rome (1849) ⓘ
surface form:
Siege of Rome 1849
Third Italian War of Independence ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Italian Risorgimento
ⓘ
surface form:
Italian unification movement
Italian Risorgimento ⓘ
surface form:
Risorgimento
|
| commander | Giuseppe Garibaldi ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Italy ⓘ |
| formedPartOf |
Garibaldian forces
ⓘ
surface form:
Garibaldi’s forces
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Camicie rosse
ⓘ
Garibaldini ⓘ Redshirts ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | symbol of revolutionary nationalism in Italy ⓘ |
| hasDistinctiveFeature | red shirts ⓘ |
| hasRole |
instrument of Italian unification
ⓘ
military arm of the Italian nationalist movement ⓘ |
| ideology |
Italian nationalism
ⓘ
republicanism ⓘ |
| inspired | later volunteer militias worldwide ⓘ |
| languageOfCommand | Italian ⓘ |
| leader | Giuseppe Garibaldi ⓘ |
| namedAfter | red shirts worn as uniforms ⓘ |
| notableCommander | Giuseppe Garibaldi ⓘ |
| notableOperation |
campaign in southern Italy 1860
ⓘ
conquest of Sicily 1860 ⓘ crossing of the Strait of Messina 1860 ⓘ march from Marsala to Palermo ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
ⓘ
surface form:
Austrian Empire
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (by unification of Naples and Sicily) ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Papal States ⓘ |
| recruitment |
Italian patriots
ⓘ
international volunteers ⓘ volunteer enlistment ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Expedition of the Thousand
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surface form:
Expedition of the Thousand 1860
entry into Naples 1860 ⓘ landing at Marsala 1860 ⓘ |
| startTime | 1840s ⓘ |
| usedUniformColor | red ⓘ |
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