ADAM VINCENT
Painter and decorator Salerno
by money to Bourbon in Sicily at the battle of Custoza
Edited by his grandson
Ariberto Salati
From Zezon - 3rd Regiment of the line 1853
ADAM VINCENT
Vincenzo Adamo, father of my paternal grandmother Adelia, was born in Salerno January 2, 1837 at 15 in the dwelling house "in San Road Domenico.
Adelia Adam Salati
1876 - 1959
He was baptized on January 3 in S. Maria della Porta (St. Dominic). [1]
Antonio's father practiced the art of the barber, while his mother was a housewife Gaetana Guercio.
Army, from an early age, the art of painter and decorator.
At 23 years old, January 3, 1860, was admitted to the military draft and was sent on Jan. 6 " as a conscript to a 5th Line Regiment (Infantry) in the service of the Two Sicilies in 1900 the number of serial number for five years in active service and five spares. [2]
The 15th Regt. Br line "Messapia" in 1860 was stationed in Eastern Sicily and took part in the battle against the invading army of Catania, Garibaldi.
Flag del15 Regiment "Messapia"
This regiment was new composition, in November of 1859, the command organization was entrusted to Colonel Raffaele Ferrari, then moved to the role sedentaneo March 20, 1860, was temporarily assigned to command greater Marquez, a former student of Nunziatella.
May 1860: the Rgt. fought on the streets of Catania, on 31, stood the tall figure of Major and Lt. Marquez De Martino.
June 1860: the body was assigned the command of Col. Ruiz.
The four companies chosen were garrisoned in Augusta under the command of Maj. Aldanese.
Nell 'in August 1860, the eight companies of the Regiment. were sent in Calabria.
In September 1860 the Regiment. Xavier broke a Manelli for the betrayal of gen.le Ghio said that about 15,000 soldiers to surrender to Garibaldi Naples.
But isolated groups of soldiers of the 15th with Maj. Marquez reached the Volturno.
A company will fight valiantly to Roccaromana where the 19 were decorated for bravery in the field showed Capt. Follo and Lt. Mirabito, November 1860, the fractions remaining chapters in the battle of Capua.
E 'likely Vincenzo Adamo, reached from the Salerno Calabria, he returned with the family.
I know for sure, because my grandmother told me that he would not join the RD April 24, 1861, ordering the former Bourbon soldiers to surrender to the military authorities of occupation.
But this decree went to meet a great failure: the established deadline for the submission had to be extended to June 1, but this time only 20,000 people showed up to 72,000 expected.
Wherever it finds opposition, recruits fled thousands, took to the mountains and bush to catch them resorted to cruel reprisals and reprisals are forced, in some cases, the families of wanted persons forced to cantonments.
(AST) Sheet freshman V. Adam
fact, Vincenzo after three years of hiding, November 1, 1863 was condemned for desertion.
All this, of course, helped the farewell proclamation of 14 February 1861 SM Francis II issued by Gaeta, arousing in the minds of the population and in particular for young people, who had sworn loyalty, new enthusiasm for restoration.
In fact, the King in his final proclamation said: " not tell you goodbye but goodbye; serbatemi all loyalty as you eternally Serber gratitude and love. Your King Francis. "
On 19 November 1863." was arrested in Salerno and translated into those in prison awaiting trial. " [3]
Leonino Vinciprova, the former more partisan,
uniformed court Military Court Division Cosenz! 809 - 1874
IL in December 1863, was taken into force from 1 deposit to fulfill the service order with the firm for eight years "under the terms of the circular N ° 9 of 27 February 1861 (Cabinet) and do not come to be in prison. "
The trial was held December 19, 1863, was condemned" to one year in prison on a court ruling military Salerno. "
Prison conditions at the time were, is nothing short of inhumane: prisons, overcrowding, lack any form hygiene and promiscuity of soldiers and intellectuals with common criminals was the rule, without any form of Privas were watched over by guards.
Congressman Macchi, rapporteur of the commission to examine the legal framework for the reorganization of the prisons of the new judicial realm, expressed himself thus: " The state of prisons, especially in some provinces, is one that really makes horror. It 's a continuing contempt of morality is a disgrace to the civilization of the century. "
The British Parliament took care of the matter, where Lord Henry Lennox reported, in its meeting of 8 May 1863 of his journey in the ancient Neapolitan provinces.
His long record, which is an endless succession of complaint about the state of deterioration of structures and arbitrariness of the constitutional powers.
reports that he visited the prisons of Naples: S. Maria Apparent
A Salerno, the director of prisons reveals that a structure able to accommodate 650 prisoners are forced to take it into 1359 and that in consequence shortly before broke a virulent typhoid infection for which I am a doctor and a guard dead. [4]
In light of the above, the poor Vince could do was pray to God that might offer him the opportunity to get out alive from the situation in which it was .
The opportunity came when it was promulgated on September 7, 1863 RD with the king, the "Father of the Country," broad granted amnesty to former army soldiers who were in Bourbon country's prisons, but had to rescue the remainder pecuniary penalty of a fine (due to mass).
read what is written on the paper register:
remission of the remainder of that sentence in a decision dated December 19, 1863 the above following the Royal Decree of 7 September 1863. After leaving the military prison 14 September 1864 and reached the body September 15, 1864.
On October 1, 1864, he was assigned to the 14th Luggage; when the deposits were located on the sheet of military service is not listed.
spent, then, in prison about 11 months, from November 19, 1863 to September 14, 1864, were months of suffering and humiliation endured with great stoicism.
On January 5, 1865 was placed on leave unlimited " in mind the circular No. 31 of 6 December 1864 low power division Sec. 3 1836 and assigned to the class with which ave common fate. "
But, May 26, 1866 was called up with his class and sent to the body (40th Regt. Br Bologna).
learn that " did
Medal Custoza 1866
In 1866 came the great opportunity for Italians to take Venice to Austria.
long time there was a deep rivalry between Austria and Prussia, who were vying for dominance over all the German peoples.
The Prussian minister Otto von Bismarck Italy proposed an alliance, the two nations have fought together, pledging not to sign a separate peace; Italy would be touched in return the Veneto.
L 'Austria, informed, and ran for cover, giving Italy the Veneto now and for free, because this recumbent the alliance.
But Italy, at the time, wanted a war and glorious victory that seals and justifying the national revolution. It was a sore point that
The alliance was signed on April 8, 1866, but the Italians refused to coordinate the operation with the Prussian army, thinking about a loss of prestige.
Lamarmora and Cialdini had divided the command, in June, war broke out. The Italians
were strong in number but poorly armed and equipped.
The king was considered a born strategist, the two commanders were very jealous of each other and acted without any coordination.
was enough unexpectedly launched an attack on the Austrian left side of the long deployment Italian, who in three days, a small loss in Custoza did stagger back more than thirty miles of the Italian grid.
commanders lost their head, and eighty thousand Italians retreated in front of forty thousand Austrians, discovering the whole of Lombardy, leaving on the ground during the flight and weapons materials.
The only victory was to bring Garibaldi, with its volunteers, poorly armed and poorly equipped, drove back the Austrians and came to dominate the two valleys that lead to the Garda Trento.
But then came the order to stop because Lamarmora
forced to stop Garibaldi gave a bitter " obey" put down their weapons and to return to Caprera.
not happy was the campaign by sea Persano, although he had a fleet more powerful and numerous, suffered a huge defeat on the sea of \u200b\u200bLissa, but this cost him the degrees, decorations and salary.
Once this campaign, disposed of the boiling of the leaders of the conquests, the army was disbanded and Vincenzo Adamo, for the second time in a retreating army, October 20, 1866 was placed in unlimited leave with his class, he for God's grace, final return with the family.
On 15 December 1868, was "put on leave overall military commander of the province of Salerno having completed his firm and not being able to pay the debt in Mass pounds seventeen and six hundred thousandths fifty-seven.
was .... " authorized to use the coin set with RD 4 March 1865 for the wars for independence and unity of Italy with the band's 1866 campaign. "
Flag of the 40th R gt. Br Bologna
Thus ended the military adventure of our great-grandfather Vincenzo;
He married Giuseppa Di Giuseppe and they had three daughters and possibly two males
However, I know for a fact that began to play his work as a decorative painter.
In the church of S. Pietro in Vinculis while performing in Salem, Tonino and his son for 13 years, restoration work inside the chapel, they fell to the scaffolding and died for the reported trauma to the head.
In 1871, he was called by Gaetano D'Agostino to work on the decorations of the Teatro Comunale G. Verdi.
This earned him, then the privilege of free assistance to the theater, which went in the company of my grandmother Adelia.
The December 31, 1871: " deleted from the rolls at the end of Circular No. 2 (newspaper) Military retired in 1872 although the paper did not leave this debt ever having left the ground."
No further news of Vincenzo Adamo than those that I found in some letters addressed to my father
On July 24, 1934, my grandfather Aribert, son of Vincent, with whom lived, wrote a postcard to my father informing him, among other things, that: "... . Grandfather's grave . Flats greetings all. Ariberto "
On July 30, 1934 , my father wrote to my mother, then boyfriend, a long letter in which among the many things that could said the engaged couple, that: .... My are well, I received another postcard from my father ... .... I'm sorry for the grandfather who is sick, but what can you do, the rest is very old and his condition but was not too old. I will always remember his words and I hope that these are his last days of his long life. ".... fact, he had 97 years and 7 months.
[1] Arch State of Salerno - ASS from now - Marital Status - Salerno births. From
Louis Carella "Salerno history and legend" II Ed. :-S. Maria della Porta: convent of Friars Preachers was founded in 1272. With the granting of the Dominican Friars, the church of S. Maria della Porta was consecrated in 1275, annexed to the convent, for the devotion of the Port Royal ND.
[2] Arch Turin State - between now and AST. - Sheet freshman Adam Vincent - 40 ° RGT.Fr. Bologna - freshman low power 5471, register 1205.
[3] AST Sheet freshmen. v. Note 2
[4] Fulvio Izzo - "The camp of savoy" History of the Risorgimento in the infamous concentration camps for Southern .- pp. 124-126.
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