INDEPENDENCE WAR II Death of Captain Charles De Cristofori (1824-1859) to San Fermo - May 27; 1859. Profound philosopher; an ardent patriot; scholar and valiant soldier; he sacrificed everything for freedom and greatness of the Fatherland. Veteran of the Five Days of Milan; author of treatises on economics and military theory; the return of the Austrians in 1853; was forced into exile; from which he returned to enlist in the Hunters of the Alps; died leading a bayonet charge; in the arms of his brother Malachi had not seen for six years. The 51st Infantry Regiment remembers with pride the deeds of the Hunters of the Alps from which it has originated. Postcard regimental chromolithograph published on the 50th anniversary. Lithograph Doyen; Turin; May 27; 1909