An Unusual Outdoor Sixth Plate Tintype of a Zouave Soldier, Possibly from New York.
New York? 1860s. An unusual image of a Zouave soldier in an outdoor setting, holding a horse. During the Civil War, roughly 95 Zouave regiments formed, adopting the names, uni-forms and sometimes fighting styles of the North African Zouave brigades. The bulk - about 70 of the regiments - fought.....