41st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment
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The 41st New York Infantry Regiment was an
infantry Infantry, or infantryman are a type of soldier who specialize in ground combat, typically fighting dismounted. Historically the term was used to describe foot soldiers, i.e. those who march and fight on foot. In modern usage, the term broadl ...
regiment that served in the
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. They were nicknamed De Kalb Regiment. The regiment was formed from German immigrants from both New York and Pennsylvania.


Uniform

Initially, the regiment wore a uniform that was based on the Jaeger uniform of Germany. It consisted of a dark green
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with red trimming and cuff flaps, dark green pants with a red stripe down the leg, a dark green kepi with a red band, and black shoes. In addition to the Jaeger uniform, Company K of the regiment wore a French/American
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uniform. This uniform consisted of a dark blue zouave jacket with red trimmings, dark blue pantaloons with red braiding, a sky blue
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, a dark blue zouave
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with red trimming, a red tasseled fez with a thin yellow band around it. Dark blue Zouave panatloons were worn with a red stripe on the outseam tucked into deerskin jambières, and white
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made from
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or
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.


See also

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List of New York Civil War units The following units served the Union Army during the American Civil War. Infantry Militia infantry Cavalry Artillery 1st New York Light Artillery Engineers Brigades Citations See also * List of armories and a ...


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* * * * {{refend Infantry 041 Military units and formations established in 1861 1861 establishments in New York (state) Military units and formations disestablished in 1863