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Although these photos from the first day of the 135th Gettysburg anniversary reenactment show members of the
14th Brooklyn who were properly
chasseurs rather than true
Zouaves, as the saying goes,
"most people wouldn't know the difference!"
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However, these two fellows photographed two days later during
Pickett's Charge appear to be the real thing, though I have NO idea what unit they belonged to or were trying to represent. Maybe the 5th N.Y. from the yellow tassels on their fezzes??
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I believe the fellows above photographed on the set of Glory were likely members of the 5th N.Y. since both Dale Fetzer and Brian Pohanka were members also. A few of them appear in the background of a scene on the beach at Battery Wagner where there actually was a Zouave regiment involved but I have no idea which one or what their particular uniforms looked like. The "fellow" below is neither "real" nor a reenactor, but rather an NPS mannikin at the Brawner Farm Visitor Center on the field of Second Manassas where both the 5th and 10th New York were slaughtered in Longstreet's Assault.
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And Now For Something Completely Different!
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Presumably THIS wasn't exactly what you had in mind, but here it is anyway - late Spring of 1977 at Yellow Bayou, Louisiana. These were a bunch of farbs - but then most reenactors were, including Yours Truly - normally representing (I think) the 9th Louisiana of the Red River Campaign who for some reason had decided to put together a
Louisiana Tiger Rifles impression! They didn't bear close inspection, but I definitely gave them credit for the effort; note they even had a bagpiper and a
Chatham Roberdeau Wheat-sized commander!
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