The 5th New York Volunteer Infantry was a volunteer infantry regiment that fought during the American Civil War, led by Colonel Abram Duryée. It is also known as the "Duryée's Zouaves," named after their colorful Zouave uniforms. Their uniform was modeled after French zouaves of Crimean War fame. The 5th New York's uniform was the closest representation of the French zouave uniform on both the Union and Confederate sides. The uniform consisted of a dark blue zouave jacket with red trimming, a dark blue zouave vest with red trimming, a red zouave sash with sky blue trimming, extremely baggy red pantalloons, a red fez with a yellow tassel, white gaiters, and leather jamberies. Its sister regiment, the 165th New York, wore exactly the same uniform except for the fact that the fez they wore had a blue instead of yellow tassel.
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