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Enrico Cosenz was born at Gaeta on the 12th of January 1812.
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Enrico Cosenz
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As captain of artillery in the Neapolitan army Enrico Cosenz took part in the expedition sent by Ferdinand II against the Austrians in 1848; but after the coup d'etat at Naples he followed General Guglielmo Pepe in disobeying Ferdinand's order for the withdrawal of the troops, and proceeded to Venice to aid in defending that city.
Upon the fall of Venice he fled to Piedmont, where he remained until, in 1859, he assumed the command of a Garibaldian regiment.
After the war he repeatedly declined the portfolio of war. In 1860 he conducted the third Garibaldian expedition to Sicily, defeated two Neapolitan brigades at Piale (August 23), and marched victoriously upon Naples, where he was appointed minister of war, and took part in organizing the plebiscite. During the war of 1866 his division saw but little active service. After the war he repeatedly declined the portfolio of war.
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