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Zouaves and Uniforms
Zouave Video (12 min)
Zouaves and their uniforms seemed to be fascinating to Peter, as they are to many people today. He wrote about seeing soldiers in Zouave uniforms, and sketched them in letters in an old Bible (see Zouaves under Videos and under Sketch Photos on the home page.) In Spring 1863, Peter sketched members of the 5th NY Duryee Zouaves who were under his supervision guarding a captured Confederate house along with members of the 146th. There was a rumor that the 5th NY would join the 146th and all would be required to wear the Zouave uniform. Peter wrote that the boys swore they wouldn't wear them big pants, but military power would make a man do most anything down there. The rumor turned out to be true, and after Chancellorsville the units merged and were issued Zouave uniforms. Peter was still in a prisoner exchange camp after being released from Libby Prison, but he wrote that he had seen the uniform and it was the most curious-looking rig he had ever seen.
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1862-10-27 :  : :  Theme: z: d: m: 
Camp Seward, color letterhead of woman helping Zouave, wet tent, Fletch, Fordis Phelps, deserters 
1863-01-17 :01-17-1863t.htm:  : : :  Theme: m: z: d: a: 
Camp on Potomac Creek, VA. Black tongue, Zouaves,hard tack box coffins. Dated Jan. 17 1862 (wrong year) 
1863-03-10 :03-10-1863t.html:  : : :  Theme: z: m: u: 
Camp sketch archway, Zouave uniform, Tom, Julia, turkey, money, Bates, Tyler, Sarah 
1863-04-04 :04-04-1863i.htm:  : :  Theme: f: z: d: 
Col mad and sent them without rations, command Duryea Zouaves, see home page Zouavesonpicket.gif of them with young contrabands,Sesesh house, pontoons,Tom,George Wheeler 
1863-04-24 :  : :  Theme: p: u: z: o: 
Hooker relieved of Command, rumor Fremont, upset his father is turning her out, Tom mad Julia letter says mother renting rooms 
1863-06-20 :  : :  Theme: m: d: g: z: a: 
put up tents, 7000 convalescents arrived, sick to barracks, rumor furlough if sickness or death, new uniform curious, pities army hot 
1863-08-02 :  : :  Theme: g: u: d: z: 
hot sun, Mr. Hart, prisoners guarded, half rations, revolted, desperate men may claim rights by force, could have been home, says Aug 2 1863 (wrong year)  
1863-08-10 :  : : : :  Theme: g: d: z: 
Potomac clams, huckleberries, Mr Place wants Mally to write, Tom and Julia letter, Regt 190 men, 4 regts consolidated, poem in different handwriting 
1863-12-xx :12-xx-1863t.htm:  : :  Theme: d: z: p: u: 
undated, Bealton, probably mid-Dec 1863, her Dec 7 letter, Meade rumor, half rations, winter shanty, soldiers will not get paid, Tom invalid corps, paired with Undated 2 
1864-02-06 :  : :  Theme: p: u: g: z: m: a: 
2 days guard duty rail road, cannons, captured 7 guerrillas included major, those wounded, Cone and Stanford arrested, how treated Jakes wife, Sarah, Zouave sketch 
1864-02-25 :  : : :  Theme: z: g: n: d: p: 
got her letter and fathers, sending picture of himself in uniform,what did she think of newspaper piece, should he write another Julia, sending likenesses of Generals 
1864-03-16 :  : :  Theme: p: d: z: 
Congress transferring army to navy, asks her consent, Jackson picture, Handwright, Fletch orderly, Curran, Armstrong, sketch Capt Durkee one arm 
1864-04-01 :  : :  Theme: p: z: w: i: 
Col Navy papers, Brig Gen Ayres, now 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Corp, Gen Warren, Sykes like a father, left, target practice, preparing for terrible conflict