Zouave

=Zouaves=

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[|Zouaves] were volunteer soldiers. The north had 70 Zouave regiments and the south had 25. The most well know regiments came from New York. The 5th New York volunteer infantry and the 11th volunteer infantry where some of the most important regiments of volunteer soldiers along with the 72nd Pennsylvania, a fire brigade from Philadelphia. Zouave regiments are Very strong and powerful, they are diciplined and feirce. Zouave can be picked out due to their distinctive uniforms, a fez with a colored tassel, baggy pantaloons,and a tight fitting short jacket. In fact, the 5th New York Zouave suffered the heaviest casualties in the shortest amount of time in the second Mananas. Zouaves were some of the most well known and powerful Regiments of the Civil War.

Image Credit:
 * Private Francis E. Brownell by Matthew Brady, Public domain on Wikipedia[|, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:FrancisBrownell.jpg]