United States zouave cadets 1859-60 – plate

source : ‘military uniforms in America (3) long endure – the civil war period 1852-67’, company of military historians

firemen zouaves

source : ‘american civil war zouaves’ elite 062, Osprey publishing

Early in 1861, Ellsworth was commissioned a second lieutenant in the regular army, but he resigned this post shortly after the firing on Fort Sumter and the beginning of war.

United States zouave cadets – plate A : colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth and cadets 1860

source : ‘american civil war zouaves’ elite 062, Osprey publishing

the american zouave craze

source : ‘american civil war zouaves’ elite 062, Osprey publishing

Gunned down at the beginning of the american civil war, Elmer E. Ellsworth never even tasted battle, but he sparked a zouave craze across America.