Uniforms Zouaves 'The First and The Bravest'

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In 1979, the West Point Museum, at the United States Military Academy opened a temporary exhibition: Zouaves 'The First and The Bravest'. A huge amount of artifacts were assembled for the temporary exhibition, perhaps the largest collection of Zouave related artifacts ever collected. Michael J. McAfee used the opportunity to prepare a West Point Museum Bulletin Zouaves ... The First and The Bravest. This bulletin was a fine study of Zouaves and contained many photos.

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This West Point Museum Bulletin greatly added to our knowledge of Zouaves and their uniforms. This led Thomas Publications. Gettysburg to publish a book by the same name in 1991.
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The book added additional photographs and color images to the original bulletin. Purists will want both in their libraries, but the later book will suffice for most people.
 
If you Google Civii War Zouaves, you'll find that there was probably fifty units on both sides that had the word Zouave in their titles.
 
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