“ MEDICI, GIACOMO (1817–1882) , Italian patriot and soldier, was born at Milan in January 1817. Exiled in 1836, he fought in Spain against the Carlists between 1836 and 1840, and in 1846 joined Garibaldi at Montevideo. Returning to Italy with Garibaldi in 1848, he raised a company of volunteers to fight against Austria, and commanded the volunteer vanguard in Lombardy, proceeding thence to Rome, where he gained distinction by defending the “Vascello,” a position near the Porta San Pancrazio, against the French. During the siege of Rome he himself was wounded. ”