Castle Pinckney
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Castle Pinckney is a small masonry fortification constructed by the United States government, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina in 1810. It was used very briefly as a prisoner-of-war camp and artillery position during the American Civil War. It was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
Fort Sumter National Monument marker for Castle Pinckney
Castle Pinckney in 1861
![The Charleston Zouave Cadets in Castle Pinckney. For Id see [1].](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Castle_Pickney2.JPG/500px-Castle_Pickney2.JPG)
The Charleston Zouave Cadets in Castle Pinckney. For Id see [1].
"Charleston's Famous Zouave Cadets drilling at Castle Pinckney."
Zouave
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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.
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)