Agostino Petitti Bagliani di Roreto

Agostino Petitti Bagliani, Count of Roreto (Turin, 13 December 1814 – Rome, 28 August 1890) was an Italian general and politician of the Risorgimento.

Early life Agostino Petitti Bagliani from Roreto belonged to a noble Piedmontese family originally from Cherasco. His father, Count Carlo Ilarione Petitti di Roreto, was an economist and writer, considered one of the most important movers behind the reforms of king Charles Albert of Sardinia while his mother was Gabriella Genna. He was enrolled at a young age at the :it:Accademia Reale di Torino from which he emerged in 1833 with the rank of lieutenant. In 1848 he fought in the First Italian War of Independence, earning himself an honorable mention.

Military career In November of the same year he was promoted to major and with this rank he held the position of chief of staff of the 6th Division under General Alfonso La Marmora. In 1853 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and appointed general secretary of the War Ministry. in November 1858 he assumed command of the Field Artillery Regiment in Venaria Reale which he held until 26 April 1859.

In 1859 he took part in the Second Italian War of Independence, fighting alongside General La Marmora in the battles of Palestro, Magenta and Solferino; where he notably took part in the action at Madonna della Scoperta, about which he later wrote a memoir Madonna della Scoperta (Battle of San Martino, 24 June 1859) A Historical Tactical Study, edited by his nephew General Alfonso Petitti di Roreto and published posthumously in 1909.

In 1866 he participated in the Third Italian War of Independence as adjutant general of the army and then as commander of the IV Army Corps. On 12 August 1866 he signed the armistice of Cormons on behalf of Italy with his Austrian counterpart Major General Baron :it:Karl Möring. He was appointed Minister of War in the first Rattazzi government (1862) and in the second government of Alfonso La Marmora (1864).

Family In 1860 he married Maria Bellotti of Milan (1835 - 1890) with whom he had two daughters Teresa Maria (1861 – 1917) and Vittoria Emanuela (1862 – 1956). He was also the uncle of senator Carlo Petitti di Roreto and general Alfonso Petitti di Roreto.

He retired in 1877 after 44 years of active military life and died in Rome on 28 August 1890.

Honours Italian honours

Foreign honours

Works Dell'amministrazione della giustizia penale militare negli anni 1861-62-63-64, Turin, 1865 Madonna della Scoperta, Turin 1909