Army of the Vosges

Army of the Vosges
Armée des Vosges
Garibaldi's staff
ActiveOctober 1870 – March 1871
Allegiance French Third Republic
TypeInfantry
Engagements
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Józef Hauke-Bosak
Louis Delpech
Menotti Garibaldi
Ricciotti Garibaldi[1]

The Army of the Vosges (French: Armée des Vosges) was a volunteer force placed under the command of Giuseppe Garibaldi, formed in order to ensure the defense of the road to Lyon from the Prussian Army during the Franco-Prussian war.

  1. ^ Justus Scheibert (1894). The Franco-German War, 1870-71. Translated by J. A. Ferrier. Royal Engineers Institute. p. 292.

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