The 69th Pennsylvania Infantry Companies I and K wore a uniform reminiscent of regiments of which army?
Zouave The Zouaves (] ) were a class of light infantry regiments of the French Army serving between 1830 and 1962 and linked to French North Africa, as well as some units of other countries modelled upon them. The zouaves, along with the indigenous "Tirailleurs Algeriens", were among the most decorated units of the French Army.
75th Pennsylvania Infantry The Seventy-Fifth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment ("75th Pennsylvania") was a unit of the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was composed almost entirely of German-speaking residents of Philadelphia and newly arrived German immigrants. Total enrollment, over the course of the war, was 1,293 officers and men. The 75th Pennsylvania participated in several major battles including Second Bull Run, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg. The regiment was transferred to the Western Theater in September, 1863. There, it participated in operations in Tennessee, before it was mustered out of service on September 1, 1865, following the close of the war.