The events of the Expedition took place within the overall process of the unification of Italy, which was largely orchestrated by Camillo Cavour, Prime Minister of Sardinia-Piedmont, as his life's work.
Evenimentele expediției au avut loc în cadrul procesului de unificare a Italiei, orchestrat în principal de Camillo Cavour, primul ministru al Sardinia-Piemontului.