5th Regiment, New York Infantry (Duryee Zouaves)

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Brief History
The 5th Regiment, New York Infantry was organized at New York City and mustered in for two years' service May 9, 1861 and mustered out May 14, 1863. Colonel Abram Duryee (1815-1890) was the founder and first commander of the 5th New York, also known as Duryee's Zouaves. Members who signed up for three years or reenlisted, plus recruits, were transferred to the 146th Regiment, New York Volunteers.

Additional information can be found on the following:


 * - Duryee's Zouaves web site
 * - 5th Infantry Regiment, Civil War, National Zouaves; Advance Guard Zouaves; Duryee Zouaves, New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center web site

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

Company A - recruited principally in New York City and Brooklyn

Company B - recruited principally in New York City and Brooklyn

Company C - recruited principally in New York City, Astoria and Poughkeepsie

Company D - principally Fifth Ward Volunteers

Company E - recruited principally in New York City, Brooklyn and Williamsburg

Company F - recruited principally in New York City, Brooklyn, Fordham and Yonkers

Company G - recruited principally in New York City, Brooklyn and New Rochelle

Company H - recruited principally in New York City, Brooklyn, Flushing, Greenpoint, Tarrytown and West Point

Company I - recruited principally in New York City, Brooklyn, Jamaica, Long Neck and Williamsburg, and at Perth Amboy, Plainfield and Orange, New Jersey

Company K - recruited principally in New York and Jersey City

The above information about the companies is taken from New York in the War of the Rebellion, 3rd ed. Frederick Phisterer. Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, 1912, which is found at the 5th Infantry Regiment, Civil War, National Zouaves; Advance Guard Zouaves; Duryee Zouaves, New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center web site. The regimental flag are also shown on this site.

Other Sources

 * Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in ‘New York in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).


 * National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.


 * New York in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for New York, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * 5th Infantry Regiment, Civil War, National Zouaves; Advance Guard Zouaves; Duryee Zouaves, New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center web site, (accessed 17 November 2011).


 * Frederick Henry Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, (Des Moines, Iowa: Dyer Publishing Co., 1908), as cited at Civil War Soldiers; Sailors System


 * New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs. "Unit History Project : New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center, citing Frederick Phisterer, New York in the War of the Rebellion, 3rd ed. (Albany, N.Y.: J. B. Lyon Company, 1912).


 * Hawks, Steve.The Civil War in the East.


 * Phisterer, Frederick. New York in the War of the Rebellion, 1861 to 1865. Albany, New York : J.B. Lyon, 1912. Google Books, other libraries with this book,


 * The Union Army : a History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States, 1861-65, Records of the Regiments in the Union Army, Cyclopedia of Battles, Memoirs of Commanders and Soldiers, Reprint of original published: Madison, WI.: Federal Pub. Co., 1908. Other libraries with this book,