140th New York Infantry Regiment
The 140th New York Infantry Regiment was a volunteer infantry regiment that was created on September 13, 1862, for the Union Army during the American Civil War. From January 1864 they wore a Zouave uniform.
140th New York Infantry Monument, Gettysburg Battlefield
The Zouaves were a class of light infantry regiments of the French Army serving between 1830 and 1962 and linked to French North Africa; as well as some units of other countries modelled upon them. The zouaves were among the most decorated units of the French Army.
French zouave, c. 1870
A small detachment of France's 4th Regiment of Zouaves in the M'Sila region during the Algerian War, c. 1961
A French zouave from 1888 wearing white summer serouel trousers instead of the usual red
French zouaves during the Crimean War; painting by Aleksander Raczyński (1858)