Caption Under Men in Uniform:
HISTORICAL AMERICAN UNIFORMS
11th INDIANA VOLUNTEERS
(WALLACE ZOUAVES), 1861
Caption on back of lamp and on back of plate:
11th INDIANA VOLUNTEERS
(WALLACE ZOUAVES), 1861
IN APRIL 1861 GENERAL LEWIS WALLACE,
THE AUTHOR OF BEN HUR, THEN A COLONEL,
UNIFORMED WITH THE GOVERNOR'S CON-
SENT, A THOUSAND TROOPS. THESE TROOPS
IN THEIR NEW
ZOUAVE UNIFORMS WERE
PARADED AND GAVE THE PUBLIC THE FIRST
DRESS-PARADE BY A FULL REGIMENT HELD
IN THE LIMITS OF THE STATE OF INDIANA
Reproduced from the original plates of
the Company of Military Collectors & Historians
Washington, D.C.