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The 8th Missouri Infantry Regiment (aka the "American Zouaves") was an infantry regiment in the Union army during the American Civil War. Among its early leaders were Morgan Lewis Smith and Giles Alexander Smith, both of whom later became generals. The 8th Missouri Infantry Regiment was formed in St. Louis, Missouri, in the early summer of 1861 ...
Company E, 5th Regiment N.Y. Zouaves, at Camp Butler, Va 5th Regiment Zouaves near Fortress Monroe, Va. The 5th New York Veteran Infantry Regiment was an Infantry Regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was known as "Duryée‘s Zouaves." The regiment had two uniforms during its time.
73rd New York Infantry Monument, Gettysburg Battlefield (NYSMM) The 73rd New York Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of Union Army in the American Civil War.The regiment was organized in New York City in May 1861, originally under the designation the Fourth Excelsior Regiment, as a Zouave regiment, known for its unusual dress and drill style.
The 11th New York Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the Union Army in the early years of the American Civil War.The regiment was organized in New York City in May 1861 as a Zouave regiment, known for its unusual dress and drill style, by Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth, a personal friend of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. [3]
The zouave regiments raised in 1914 for the First World War were the 8th and 9th. The 13th Zouaves were raised in 1919 and dissolved in 1940. The zouave regiments raised in 1939 for the Second World War were the 11th, 12th, 14th, and 21st, all of which were dissolved after the fall of France in 1940. Other regiments raised later in the Second ...
The regiment was a Zouave regiment and its uniform was of that style. They wore a red wool fez with gold trim and blue tassell. [1] A dark blue zouave jacket trimmed in red with same color vest with red trim. A light blue sash was worn under the waist-belt. Red pantaloons with leather and canvas gaiters completed the uniform. [2] [1] [note 1]
The 5th New York Infantry Regiment, also known as Duryée's Zouaves, was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the U.S. Army during the American Civil War.Modeled, like other Union and Confederate infantry regiments, on the French Zouaves of Crimean War fame, its tactics and uniforms were different from those of the standard infantry.
The 9th New York Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was also known as the " Hawkins' Zouaves " or the " New York Zouaves ." Military service, 1861