Zouave Uniform
notes: label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: 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.
place: label: associated place
content: United States: New York
topic: label: related event
content: Civil War
label: related event
content: Civil War and Reconstruction
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, General
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Military
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.24954.01
label: accession number
content: 64127
label: catalog number
content: 24954.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jacket
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 1/2 in x 21 in; 46.99 cm x 53.34 cm