Visitors to Fort McHenry’s Civil War Encampment, held last weekend, chatted with reenactors dressed in the uniforms of the Fifth New York State Infantry, also known as “Duryea’s Zouaves.” Many regiments in the Civil War wore Zouave uniforms based on those worn by French Colonial troops.
Photo by Bill Lear
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The July 9, 2008
Baltimore Guide
