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[Eva Elisabeth]

1.) WD (well done), Gene!

2.) Meraviglioso, Wild Bill!

Especially as I have to admit a severe mistake (and I'm convinced everyone would have nailed the question had I asked correctly). It was not Guiseppe Garibaldi's son, but his grandson, born to his daughter Teresa on March 10, 1865, who was christened Lincoln. I sincerely apologize!

Nevertheless the choice of the name was widely celebrated in his political camp and circles, and Garibaldi commented: "The name of Lincoln, like that of Christ, marks the beginning of a glorious age in history of Humanity and with pride I wish to perpetuate within my family, that name of the great Emancipator" (to George Perkins Marsh, US Minister Plenipotentiary in Turin, on March 20, 1865).

Garibaldi had refused Seward's offer because at the time he was leading an expedition toward Rome as part of the Italian Risorgimento. He was quite popular in the US. E.g for the "New York Times", his liberation of Sicily and Naples in 1860 "carried Americans back to the days of their own struggle for independence, and revivewed in the person of the patriotic general, their own heroic Washington". Garibaldi also received material help from America. In 1859, fundraising committees raised $100,000 and a hundered of cavalry carbines for his Sicilian campaign. A New York infantry regiment, the 39th, was named the “Garibaldi Guard” in his honor. The US was also the first government to recognize the Kingdom of Italy in April 1860.

Actually I got the idea for this question when reading this:
http://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussio...-1391.html