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Zouave uniform
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The uniform of the 5th New York Volunteer Infantry
(Duryée's Zouaves), 1861, consisted of a distinctive
jacket, vest, sash, baggy trousers, and fez. The
Zouave uniform adopted on both sides by many volunteer
units during the first year of the Civil War was
based on that of the elite Zouave battalion of the
French Army, whose dashing appearance matched its
fighting abilities. In their turn, the French Zouaves
modeled their uniform and drill after the native
dress and fearless tactics of their former Algerian
opponents, encountered in the course of the colonial
war of the 1830s. |
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Division of the History of Technology, Armed Forces
History
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian
Institution
Behring Center
Transfer from the U.S. War Department
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