![Joe L. Weakley Sr. in uniform, American Zouave soldier - Civil War Soldier Photographs - Tennessee Virtual Archive Joe L. Weakley Sr. in uniform, American Zouave soldier - Civil War Soldier Photographs - Tennessee Virtual Archive](https://teva.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/iiif/p15138coll5/2/full/full/0/default.jpg)
Joe L. Weakley Sr. in uniform, American Zouave soldier - Civil War Soldier Photographs - Tennessee Virtual Archive
Did the various zouave units actually wear their fancy and colorful zouave uniforms into battle in the civil war, especially after it became clear to all how bloody actual combat was? -
![Zouave regiments, uniforms and tactics of the American Civil War, 1861–1862 | by Max Brebner | Medium Zouave regiments, uniforms and tactics of the American Civil War, 1861–1862 | by Max Brebner | Medium](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1400/0*Icblfdv_vJ6TUU6w.png)