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"Louisiana Tigers" was the nickname of several infantry units of the Confederate States Army from Louisiana during the American Civil War. Originally applied to a specific company, the nickname expand
A c. 1870 painting of Louisiana Tiger by Charles J. Fisher
An illustration of a sergeant and Zouave from the Louisiana Tigers
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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
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…wealthy New Orleans businessman. Because he was "so impressed by their drill and appearance" at Camp Davis, Richards elected to outfit White's company as Zouaves: dark blue wool Zouave jackets with red cotton trim (no sereoul), distinctive red fezzes with red tassels, red flannel band collar shirts with five…
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)