How did Giuseppe Garibaldi meet Anita Garibaldi?

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Portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi wearing a beret and cloak, with a full beard and mustache, looking toward the camera. — Giuseppe Garibaldi Giuseppe Garibaldi, c. 1860–82.

Giuseppe Garibaldi met Anna Maria Ribeiro da Silva, known as Anita, while he was living in South America as an exile between 1836 and 1848. During his time volunteering as a naval captain for the Rio Grande do Sul republic, he encountered Anita, who was a married woman at the time. The two subsequently eloped and she became his lifelong companion in arms until her death.1