Spinola brigade

Composed of several regiments mainly from New York City; it was named after its initial commander Francis B. Spinola.

Spinola was commissioner of New York Harbor when the civil war erupted.

He joined the volunteer army in a New York regiment and was commissioned as an officer.

General Spinola commanded two relief efforts to lift the Confederate siege of Washington, North Carolina.

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