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 Confeder
Duryea Zouaves, Regimental Mess, Fort Schuyler, May 18, 1861
Springfield Model 1855
Sharps Model 1859
The memorial of the 5th New York Volunteer Infantry, erected at Manassas September 29, 1906.
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The Zouaves were a class of light infantry regiments of the French Army and other units modelled on it, which served between 1830 and 1962, mainly in French North Africa. The zouaves were among the mo
5th New York Infantry Regiment
…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 regiment was formed on April 12, 1861, by a group…
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)