Another view of the 9th ath Roanoke.
A more accurate woodcut of the 9th New York at Roanoke.
Hawkins Zouaves
"Recruiting for the New York Zouaves attracted a large body of athletic men to its ranks, which in 1861 numbered
eight hundred gallant fellows who where desirous of emulating in the service of the stars and stripes the glory of their French prototypes. They were nearly all of one height, and all under thirty years of age."
a newspaper account of the 9th.
