These Zouave-style trousers belonged to Lieutenant Charles R. Carville of the 165th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment. This was the 2nd Battalion of the famed 5th New York Volunteer Duryee's Zouaves. This unit primarily served in the Lower Seaboard Theater of the Civil War. In 1864 the 165th moved northward to join Union forces in the Shenandoah Valley.
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