Ferdinando Beneventano del Bosco

Ferdinando Beneventano del Bosco (March 3, 1813 – January 8, 1881) was a Two Sicilian Brigadier General of the Army of the Two Sicilies. He was one of the few charismatic figures during the Expedition of the Thousand and a primary figure of Two Sicilian resistance against the Sardinian forces.

Education and early career Ferdinando was born on March 3, 1813, at Palermo as the son of Aloisio Beneventano del Bosco and Marianna Roscio who were nobility of Syracusan origins. At the age of nine, he enrolled in the Nunziatella Military School as a pupil. He began studying there at the age of twelve in 1825.

Del Bosco graduated in 1829 and was appointed second lieutenant within the 2nd Guard Grenadiers. He was then promoted to First Lieutenant in 1840 within the 2nd Infantry Regiment.