ACW - PA Zouaves Defending the Guns (3 Viewers)

[CHISUM]

beautiful diorama and excellent photo! as always Mike ...
I have decided not to buy the series of Zouaves, are too colorful for my taste.
But I know the important role that they had at Gettysburg and the civil war.
The Zouaves fought in many wars: French Zouaves were also called to Rome in 19th century by Pope to defend the Papal State.
greetings to all.

 

[Scott]

beautiful diorama and excellent photo! as always Mike ...
I have decided not to buy the series of Zouaves, are too colorful for my taste.
But I know the important role that they had at Gettysburg and the civil war.
The Zouaves fought in many wars: French Zouaves were also called to Rome in 19th century by Pope to defend the Papal State.
greetings to all.

You might be thinking of the Papal Zouaves, John Surratt's ol' outfit.

 

[Scott]

"...In April–July 1859 Napoleon made a secret deal with Cavour, Prime Minister of Piedmont, for France to assist in expelling Austria from the Italian peninsula and bringing about a united Italy, or at least a united northern Italy, in exchange for Piedmont ceding to France Savoy and the Nice region (which was destined to become the so-called French Riviera). He went to war with Austria in 1859 and won victories at Magenta and Solferino, which resulted in the ceding of Lombardy to Piedmont by Austria (and in return received Savoy and Nice from Piedmont as promised in 1860). After this had been done, however, Napoleon decided to end French involvement in the war. This early withdrawal, however, failed to prevent central Italy, including most of the Papal states, being incorporated into the new Italian state.[29] This led Catholics in France to turn against Napoleon. Napoleon tried to redress the damage by maintaining French troops in the city of Rome itself, which prevented the new Italian government seizing it from the Pope. However, Napoleon on the whole failed to win back Catholic support at home (and made moves to appeal instead to the anti-Catholic left in his domestic policy in the 1860s, most notably by appointing the anti-clerical Victor Duruy Minister for Education, who further secularized the schooling system).[30] French troops remained in Rome to protect the Pope until the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870..."

from Wikipedia

 

[Scott]

Mike,

I like that you have vivandiere Mary Tepe in with your unit. She doesn't get mentioned in the histories that I have seen, but there is a photo of her at Gettysburg taken a few days later.

I plan to get Britain's Mary to add to my cantiniere collection.

I recently saw the figure at the Hobby Bunker...nice. Maybe I'll get it but it is $30 USD.

 

[CHISUM]

You might be thinking of the Papal Zouaves, John Surratt's ol' outfit.

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Yes ,I am thinking of the papal zouaves, but I didn't know that John Surrat served for a time in the Ninth Company of the Pontifical Zouaves in the Papal States, using the name John Watson...


From Wikipedia:

"The Papal Zouaves (Zuavi Pontifici) were an infantry force formed in defence of the Papal States.
The Zouaves evolved out of a unit formed by Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière in 1860, the Franco-Belgian Tirailleurs. On January 1, 1861 the unit was renamed the Papal Zouaves. He had been introduced by Frédéric-François-Xavier Ghislain de Mérode.
Pontifical Zouave of Major O'Reilley's Papal Brigade, and a veteran of the battles against Garibaldi. Fully armed and equipped with a .71 cal. Model 1842 French Rifle with sword bayonet, and backpack.
The Papal Zouaves were mainly young men, unmarried and Roman Catholic, who volunteered to assist Pope Pius IX in his struggle against the Italian Risorgimento. They wore a similar style of uniform to that of the French Zouaves but in grey with red trim. A grey and red kepi was substituted for the North African fez.
After the Capture of Rome by Victor Emmanuel in 1870, the French contingent of the former Papal Zouaves served the government of National Defence in France during the Franco-Prussian War."

Best regards
Eugenio

 

[Scott]

Zouaves were all over the place in that colorful era. It's hard enough keeping track of the US Civil War Zouaves. Then you find French Zouaves in Italy, Mexico, the Crimea, North Africa, and China.

 

[HistoryfortheAges]

Those are great dioramas! I still say Britains rules the ACW period in this hobby. These dioramas are very convincing of this. Thanks for posting these pics! :salute::

 

[Spider]

"Wow !" What a small world ! I'm new to the forum and was so happily surprised in finding this thread !

It so happens that my great-great grandfather was a member of "Co.E" of the 76th Reg of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, "Zouaves"and survived the Civil War.
This unit landed at Hilton Head, SC where the recieved their initial training.

His name, Edward Chester, born in Philadelphia and was a brick maker.
My son did a great amount of research on our grandfather and was able to gather together a number of documents as to his service including the medical records. There are a couple of books written about the 76th with details about their camp life !

At the moment I'm purchasing figures when money allows that will be placed in a planned diorama. From what I've gathered the 76th suffered heavy losses at the Battle of Ft Wagner.

Any information about the figures available for this unit would be appreciated.

Spider Jim