5th New York Infantry Regiment

5th New York Infantry Regiment
ActiveApril 15, 1861, to May 14, 1863
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
Size842,[1][note 1] 792,[2][note 2] 780[3][4][note 3]
Nickname(s)National Zouaves, Advance Guard Zouaves, Duryée's Zouaves
EquipmentModel 1842 Springfield Muskets (.69 caliber, smooth)[5][note 4], Springfield Model 1855, Springfield Model 1861 (.58 caliber), Enfield Rifled Muskets, (.577 caliber, rifled)[7][8][note 5]
Engagements
Commanders
ColonelAbram Duryée
ColonelGouverneur K. Warren
ColonelHiram Duryea
ColonelCleveland Winslow
Insignia
V Corps (2nd Division) badge
New York U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865
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The 5th New York Infantry Regiment, also known as Duryée's Zouaves, was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the U.S. Army during the American Civil War. Modeled, like other Union and Confederate infantry regiments, on the French Zouaves of Crimean War fame, its tactics and uniforms were different from those of the standard infantry.[9]

  1. ^ Hillhouse (1862), p. 11.
  2. ^ Hillhouse (1863), pp. 1030–1031.
  3. ^ Sprague, (1864), Vol. I, p. 7.
  4. ^ Sprague, (1864), Vol. II, p. 11.
  5. ^ Hillhouse (1862), p. 11; Hillhouse (1863), p. 1030.
  6. ^ NYSMM, 5th New York Historical Sketch (2020).
  7. ^ Mink, Armament in the Army of the Potomac, (2008), p.74.
  8. ^ Mink, Armament in the Army of the Potomac, (2018), p.77.
  9. ^ Dyer (1908), p. 1406; Federal Publishing Company (1908), p. 52; Phisterer (1912), p. 1751.


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