He was engaged in an electoral campaign in the canton of Pero-Casevecchio, where there had long been a feud between the Corsi and Renucci families.
During the evening of 13 June 1860, after dark, Corsi and two friends encountered a group of about 15 supporters of Antoine Renucci.
[4] In 1869 he was one of the co-founders of the weekly La Revanche with Vincent-Marie Farinole, Louis Tommasi and Léonard Limperani.
[6] Corsi was president of the general council of Corsica at Bastia in 1888 when he ran for election to the senate.
The election was held on 22 April 1888 to replace Hippolyte Carnot, a life senator, who had died.