[2][3] Second lieutenant at the outbreak of the First Italian War of Independence, he obtained a silver medal for military valor for the courage shown during the battle of Goito (30 May 1848).

On the following 7 November he was promoted to lieutenant colonel, participating in the campaign in southern Italy where he distinguished himself during the sieges of the strongholds of Gaeta and Messina.

In 1866, at the outbreak of the Third Italian War of Independence he assumed command of the artillery of General Giacomo Durando's I Army Corps.

[2] Appointed Senator of the Kingdom of Italy on 20 November 1879,[6] He left the Ministry of War on 13 July 1880, his resignation prompted by parliamentary opposition to an increase in military spending he had requested by B.

He died in Orvieto on 1 October 1904, and was later buried in the monumental area of the cemetery of Anagni, the city of his son-in-law, Lieutenant Colonel Enrico Sibilia.