Zouave jacket
date: label: associated date
content: 1861-1865
notes: label: Description
content: Both the Confederate and Union armies boasted regiments of fierce Zouave fighters. The origin of the Zouave military tradition lies in North Africa with the Berbers. During the French colonization of Algeria in the 1830s, French forces came in contact with Berber fighters who sported stunning uniforms and fighting prowess. French soldiers adapted the Zouave-styled uniform and with their victories in the Crimean Wars in the mid-1850s, military units in the United States were styling themselves as Zouave soldiers.
label: Description
content: This particular uniform jacekt belonged to the 41st New York Infantry Regiment, also known as the DeKalb Zouaves. This unit drew its members from German immigrant communities in both Philadelphia and New York.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Civil War
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content: Military
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Kagan, Neil, editor. Smithsonian Civil War: Inside the National Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U.S. War Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.24944.01
label: accession number
content: 64127
label: catalog number
content: 24944.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jacket
label: Other Terms
content: jacket; Man; Volunteers; Zouave, New York 41; Zouave, Dekalb
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (trim color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 28 1/2 in x 19 1/2 in x 3 3/4 in; 72.39 cm x 49.53 cm x 9.525 cm