[3] Barsanti was born in Gioviano, a frazione of Borgo a Mozzano (at the time part of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany), to Vincenzo and Teresa.

[3] Once the movement failed and the rebels dispersed, some soldiers who, together with Barsanti, had favored the Republican assault took to flight;[3] he and other comrades remained, such as the Cremonese sergeant Nicola Pernice, who were arrested on charges of high treason.

[3] Solidarity initiatives arose towards the soldier near the capital punishment, since the sentence was considered excessive in relation to the crime, also for the ideological reasons that had inspired it.

[3] The Marquise Anna Pallavicino Trivulzio (Giorgio's wife) collected 40,000 women's signatures to present to King Victor Emmanuel II to invoke the pardon, rejected by the Council of Ministers on 18 August, by majority and secret ballot.

[3] Prime Minister Giovanni Lanza proposed to the monarch not to receive the marquise, who had come specifically from Florence, and King Victor Emmanuel II accepted the suggestion.