Zouave Uniform
Zouave Uniform
- Description
- General History
- The uniform of the 5th New York Volunteer Infantry (Duryée's Zouaves), 1861, consisted of a distinctive jacket, vest, sash, baggy trousers, and fez. The Zouave uniform adopted on both sides by many volunteer units during the first year of the Civil War was based on that of the elite Zouave battalion of the French Army, whose dashing appearance matched its fighting abilities. In their turn, the French Zouaves modeled their uniform and drill after the native dress and fearless tactics of their former Algerian opponents, encountered in the course of the colonial war of the 1830s.
- Object Name
- jacket
- associated place
- United States: New York
- Measurements
- overall: 18 1/2 in x 21 in; 46.99 cm x 53.34 cm
- ID Number
- AF.24954.01
- accession number
- 64127
- catalog number
- 24954.01
- Civil War
- Civil War and Reconstruction
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, General
- Clothing & Accessories
- Military
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Lindsay
Fri, 2013-07-19 09:50