found: Work cat: American Zouaves, 1859--1959, 2020:CIP galley (a Zouave "fever" that drove many of the otherwise staid and sober military units of the Victorian era to break with longstanding military traditions and to adopt uniforms and a drill routine that were totally foreign; Zouave behavior, tactics and unique uniforms amazed the European and American military systems; by 1861 much of the country was totally infatuated with everything Zouave and it took only the outbreak of the Civil War to magnify these influences a hundredfold to create the bewildering array of American Zouave units that were organized during the war and for many year thereafter; Closely associated with the true Zouaves were the Turcos, Spahis, and Papal Zouaves)
found: Ox. comp. to mil. his., 2001Zouaves (A distinctive form of light infantry created in 1830 by Gen Clausel, C-in-C of the French army in Algeria; name may have originated in zouaouas, a warlike tribe from the Constantine area, or in zouaf, derived from the Arabic for to creep or crawl, a comment on their skill as skirmishers; recruited from European adventurers, including the Voluntaires de la Charte, a free corps raised in Paris during the revolutionary 'June Days' of 1830, led by French regular officers; Zouaves played a leading role in the conquest of Algeria; During the Second Empire there were three regiments of line Zouaves and a regiment in the Imperial Guard; Zouaves formed part of I Corps, fighting at Wörth and Sedan; nine regiments served in WW I, and during WW II Zoauves fought on several fronts; Zouave dress of short, embroidered jacket, baggy trousers and tasselled cap was copied by regiments on both sides in the American Civil War)
found: Ox. ess. dic. of the U.S. Mil., 2001Zouave (a member of one of several Civil War era Union and Confederate military formations attired in the colorful uniforms based on Algerian designs made popular by the French Army in the mid-19th Century; uniform of each Zouave unit varied according to the taste and imagination of its leaders and members, but all Zouave units generally adopted such identifiable items as baggy trousers, short jackets, white leggings, and a form of the fez as headgear)
