Urbano Rattazzi had returned to power in the spring of 1867 and had given tacit consent to the stationing of Garibaldian volunteers along the papal border.

However, a renewed attempt to march on Rome in late October merely brings back French troops, who defeat Garibaldi at Mentana on November 3, aborting the second of his private expeditions to claim the Papal States for the Kingdom of Italy.

Giuseppe Garibaldi, arrested once again, is sentenced to house arrest on the remote island of Caprera, between Sardinia and Corsica, where he owns some property.

Italy suffers a marked loss of prestige politically and militarily, and the internal situation is far from favorable.