Quote Originally Posted by gilmore View Post
You must not have seen pix of zouaves.
Of course the Federal Army had Zouave Regiments as well, in fact more so than the South.

The 5th New York Infantry (Duryee's Zouaves), probably the most famous Zouave regiment, was known as the "red-legged devils":

http://www.zouave.org/

On the Southern side, Louisiana produced (naturally) the two most well-known Zouave regiments; Wheat's Tigers (1st La. Special Battalion) and Coppens Zouaves, which was well known for being terrors on (and off!) the battlefield.

To tie this into kilts, the French Army's zouaves developed quite the friendship with Highland regiments during the Crimean War whilst serving together at Alma, Inkermann, The Malakoff, etc.

Trivia question: the British Army maintained one "Zouave" regiment -- can anyone tell me which regiment it was?

Regards,

Todd