Let those only return to their homes who are called by the imperative duties which they owe to their families, and those who by their glorious wounds have deserved the credit of their country.

(The Piedmontese themselves had conquered most of the Pope's territories in their march south to meet Garibaldi but they had deliberately avoided Rome his capital. There he stayed with various Italian friends including some exiled revolutionaries. The ship was to be purchased in the United States so Garibaldi went to New York arriving on 30 July 1850.

Giuseppe Garibaldi (Italian pronunciation: [dʒuˈzɛppe ɡariˈbaldi]) (July 4 1807 – June 2 1882) was an Italian general and politician. He is considered with Camillo Cavour Victor Emmanuel II and Giuseppe Mazzini as one of Italy's "fathers of the fatherland". The United Kingdom and the United States helped him a great deal offering him financial and military support in difficult circumstances.