American Zouaves, Tirailleurs & Chasseurs a Pied, 1865 to Present

Zouaves, Tirailleurs, & Chasseurs a Pied
Of the United States of America, 1840 to Present

Antebellum, 1840 to 1860

American Civil War (USA)

American Civil War (CSA)

Post War, 1865 to Present

Post War Zouaves, 1865 to Present

Following the American Civil War (1861 to 1865) the Regiments of Zouaves diminished quickly in numbers, with most of the pre war Zouave companies and organizations of the National Guards or State Militia's disappearing from the scene. Of the few units that managed to re-organized together as regiments were three of the old New York Zouaves regiments, being the "Hawkins Zouaves" (now the 1st Regiment of Infantry), the "Duryea's Zouaves" (now 4th Regiment of Infantry), and the "National Zouaves" (3rd Regiment of Infantry), all of the New York National Guard, however even these were short lived, with Duryea's being disbanded in 1869, the National Zouaves in 1868, and the final being the Hawkins Zouaves which were officially disbanded in August 1875. With the disbanding of the "Hawkins Zouaves" (1st Battalion of Infantry) from the New York National Guard in 1875, the American Zouave Regiments faded into history; however the Zouave was still present in the American Military in the form of the individual companies which were represented in almost every state of the Union both before, during, and after the American Civil War. The uniforms varied in every way shape and form, with almost no two being alike, each being unique and distinctive to their own way of doing things, the uniform itself would persist up until the First World War when it was finally put away by the American Zouaves and replaced by the khaki regulation United States Army uniform's being adopted across the board; but the units still persisted in at least maintaining the name and reputation of being Zouaves.

The following is a listing of the known Zouave commands that existed in the United States from June of 1865 up until the present time; on the listings you will see some shown as National Guard and others in the same state as State Militia, following the war several of the old State Militia's changed over to the designation National Guard, this did not happen at one time across the county, but gradually over the years, so whereas a South Carolina company might be shown as Militia in the 1870's a California company at the same time may be shown as National Guard or even State Guard. Any corrections, additional names that should be added, or any additional information is more than welcome and should be sent to the Webmaster.

GEORGIA

Atlanta Zouaves

ILLINOIS

Aurora Zouaves

Ellsworth Zouaves

Grand Army Zouaves

Mulligan Zouaves

Rock Falls Zouaves

Springfield Zouave Liberty Guards

INDIANA

Angola Zouaves

First National Zouaves

LaPorte Zouaves

Waveland Zouaves

IOWA

Macon City Zouaves

Olmsted Zouaves

Osceola Zouaves

Vinton Zouaves

MARYLAND

Howard Zouaves

MICHIGAN

Porter Zouaves

Tecumseh Zouaves

MINNESOTA

Merriam Zouaves

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Granite State Zouaves

NEW JERSEY

Veteran Zouaves

NEW YORK

Hawkins Zouaves

Bendixs Zouaves

Duryea's Zouaves

Adams Independent Zouaves

Albany Zouave Cadets

NORTH CAROLINA

Charlotte Zouaves

OHIO

Canton Zouaves

Dayton Zouaves

Walbridge Zouaves

PENNSYLVANIA

Armstrong Zouaves

Cooperstown Zouaves

First City Zouaves

Housum Zouaves

Keystone Zouaves

Lewisburg Zouaves

Stanton Zouaves

Telford Zouaves

RHODE ISLAND

Societe des Zouaves

SOUTH CAROLINA

Columbia Zouaves

Moise Mounted Zouaves

Moise Zouaves

TEXAS

Dallas Guard Zouaves

San Antonio Guard Zouaves

San Antonio Zouaves

The "Elizabeth Veteran Zouaves" of New Jersey, ca. 1895

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