ZOUAVE! No. 34 March Newspaper of the Anderson Zouaves - Living History & Research (62d NYSVV Co. F)

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1 ZOUAVE! Established 2007 ISSN No. 34 March 2010 Newspaper of the Anderson Zouaves - Living History & Research (62d NYSVV Co. F) Federal soldiers at rest after drill, Petersburg, Va., Source: 3rd ANNUAL SCHOOL OF THE SOLDIER The weekend of the 5th and 6th March saw another successful School of the Soldier run by the Company. This years venue was the Kunz property at Tarago (NSW), an extensive property of hills, creeks and pine forests. This year saw 32 participants drawn from a number of different clubs. Besides the 62d NYSVV Co. F, members of 62d NYSV Co. A and Co. B, 15th LA, 5th NCST, 95th Rifles and the Blue & Grey attended. Participants were drawn from NSW, Victoria and Queensland, a great effort for those who travelled so far. Two drill groups operated over the School, a Federal squad led by Sgt. Couzens (62d NY Co. B) and a Confederate squad led by Lt. Koens (5th NCST). Drill included arms, formation, bayonet and firing drill and culminated each day with skirmishing. The Company musicians performed throughout the School. The sounds of mandolin, banjo and fife drifted through the camp and drum beats summoned the soldiery for meals and musters. Vivandière Anna Hobson (62d NY Co. F), Quartermaster Sgt. Bill Lincoln (62d NY Co. F) and Colonel Strelnikov (Guest) cleaned up at the card table on Saturday night, leaving the banker, camp adjutant Sgt. 1

2 Davey Sanders (62d NY Co. F) smarting after some very big pots passing to the wily trio! A very big thanks must go to the Company cookhouse. They produced excellent army food with basic ingredients and satisfied the hungry soldiery throughout the School. The cookhouse consisted of Vivandière Anna Hobson, Pvt. Dan Daley and Quartermaster Sgt. Bill Lincoln and were assisted by Cpl. Graham Kitchen Brissett. Thank you to all those who participated in the School and we look forward to your attendance at the 4 th School of the Soldier, next March. Lastly, the Company extends a vote of thanks to Peter Kunz and family for their generous use of Camp Tarago and their assistance in setting the School up and help during the School s duration. Cpl. Brissett 62d NY Co. F VETERANS GRAVE PRESERVATION Laura Smith of the online group Civil War Veterans NY-Catskills, Shawangunk, Hudson Valley is organising a rally for members and volunteers to help clean up the old burial grounds and document the veterans from the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican War, Civil War, Spanish American War and later wars. Those interested should attend the Ellenville (NY) Public Library and Museum s Community Room on March 30 th 2010 from 6pm to 8pm. For my information: nvite_event LISA MEYER WINS MUSIC AWARD Last year ZOUAVE! featured the Lisa Meyer s new album Voices Hushed and Still. (see ZOUAVE! September 2009 No. 29). This month ZOUAVE! received the following from Lisa, announcing her recent music award. I am pleased to announce that a few months ago I was nominated in several categories for the 2009 Southern Heritage Music Association Awards. I just found out that I won in the Female Artist of the Year & Up and Coming Artist of the Year categories. Quite a pleasant surprise!!! I hope 2009 was a great year for you and that 2010 will be even better. Thanks again for supporting this project! - Lisa Meyer Congratulations Lisa, we at ZOUAVE! commend you for this award, you certainly deserve it! We look forward to your future efforts in keeping alive the traditional music of the South. 2

3 You can hear samples of the songs, download and/or purchase songs or the entire CD at: CAPTAIN WILLIAM HAWLEY S CHASSEUR CAP on the garrison soldiers to fill the ranks of the Army of the Potomac and the 9th was assigned to the third division of the 6th Army Corps. William Hawley was wounded and captured at the battle of Monocacy. His wounds resulted in his discharge from the service. Source: ZOUAVE LETTERS The characteristic feature of the Chasseur type forage cap (kepi) was a lower cut to the sides that resulted in a cap that did not flop forward on the brim as much. In many cases, the kepi also had decorative gold or black silk braid on the cardinal points of the sides and forming a trefoil on the crown, as did this example. The extra braid was offered in the Schuyler, Hartley and Graham catalog, but is not mentioned in the 1861 Regulations. A small embroidered crossed cannons on black velvet, surrounded by an oval of Jaceron wire and surmounted by a small metallic number nine comprise the insignia. William Hawley joined at age 42 in August 1862 as a first lieutenant. He was promoted to captain of Company E, 9th New York Heavy Artillery. Heavy artillery units served in the defenses of Washington and led the fairly comfortable life of garrison soldiers. This all changed on May 18, 1864, when U.S. Grant received permission to draw Regulations called for one inch letters but these are five-eighths. Letters of this type are sometimes referred to as "Zouave" type letters since the fancy style was favoured by Zouaves. However, they were used by all categories of troops. Letters of this type have been recovered from Civil War sites. The original examples pictured above were Civil War surplus. A typical Civil War infantry regiment had ten companies lettered A-K and omitting the letter "J" which was felt to be too easily confused with "I." Cavalry regiments and an occasional large infantry regiment had extra companies "L" and "M." Other letters were worn on headgear as part of unit nicknames or state abbreviations. Source: Union Army Uniforms and Insignia of the Civil War: Unit Insignia CHAPLAINS IN THE WAR For almost four years huge volunteer armies of citizen-soldiers 3

4 grappled with each other in a series of campaigns and battles over a vast geographical area. Governors, regimental or post officers, and the Federal authorities appointed an estimated 3000 chaplains to the Union forces. The names of slightly over 2300 of these chaplains are known to us. The largest number of chaplains serving at any one time in the listed 1079 on active duty. There were 930 regimental chaplains, 117 hospital chaplains, and 32 post chaplains. Sixty-six chaplains died in the service of their country during this conflict, including Chaplain U.P. Gardner of the 13th Kansas Infantry who, after identifying himself as a chaplain, was shot down by a member of Quantrell's guerrilla raiders on 22 November 1864, in the Cherokee country. The raider was a 17-yearold by the name of Jesse James. On the Confederate side existing army records are also incomplete as to the number of chaplains, but somewhere between 600 and 1000 served in that capacity. We know the names of 25 Confederate chaplains who died in the war. Civil War chaplains fell into three general categories: regimental, post, and hospital. The 30 post chaplain positions mentioned earlier still existed, although with added war duties. The greatest influx of chaplains came with the calling up of troops from the States. According to the old militia laws, each regiment was to have a chaplain. On 22 July 1861, when 500,000 volunteers were called to the colors, there was a clear need for more chaplains. Appointment was vested in the regimental commander on a vote of the field officers and company commanders. A chaplain had to be a regularly ordained minister of a Christian denomination and received the pay and allowances of a captain of cavalry. By the act of 3 August 1861, regimental chaplains were provided for the Regular Army. These were to be "regularly ordained ministers of some Christian denomination and were to be selected and appointed as the President may direct." The qualification section was changed on 17 July 1862, to read: That no person shall be appointed a chaplain in the United States Army who is not a regularly ordained minister of some religious denomination, and who does not present testimonials of his good standing as such minister, with a recommendation of his appointment as an Army chaplain from some authorized ecclesiastical body, or not less than five accredited ministers belonging to said religious denomination. Offices of the US Christian Commision This change was brought about as a result of a request made to President Lincoln by the Board of Delegates of American Israelites to make provisions for Jewish chaplains. The manner of appointing and commissioning chaplains in the volunteer regiments varied widely, and many served without commissions. Most states provided for commissioning by the Governor, using the same form of commission as that given to chaplains. Wisconsin and Rhode Island commissioned some but not others. New Hampshire gave a commission for the chaplain to hold office at the discretion of the colonel of the regiment. Regular Army chaplains were commissioned in accordance with the provisions of the Articles of War. Hospital chaplains received a commission signed by the President and Secretary of War. No specific provision was made regarding commissions to post chaplains, except that the appointment was to be made by the Council of Administration of the post and that the appointment proceedings were to be forwarded immediately to the Adjutant General's office. The great diversity in the status of chaplains made it easy for unofficial 4

5 chaplains to spring up. These were of three types: clergymen and lay evangelists who simply held services in the camps or even became followers of the Army, clergymen attached to the United States Christian Commission, and Presidential hospital chaplains. Considerable improvement in the organization of the Chaplaincy resulted from an act approved on 9 April In it the "rank of chaplain, without command, in the regular and volunteer service of the United States" was recognized. Up to that time chaplains had been customarily treated as captains. As a result, the practice of some chaplains wearing a captain's uniform and insignia (often including a sword and pistol) caused controversy. General Order No. 102 (1861), had authorized that the "uniform for chaplains of the Army will be a plain black frock coat, with standing collar, and one row of nine brass buttons; plain black pantaloons, black felt hat or army forage cap" This remained the standard approved uniform throughout the conflict. The Civil War, besides seeing a large number of Roman Catholic priests serving as chaplains, also saw the appointment of the first Jewish and Black chaplains. Chaplains' duties in the Civil War encompassed many areas. Most important were the worship services they conducted in tents, outdoors or around campfires. Services often were ecumenical with Catholic and Protestant chaplains sharing duties. The themes of their sermons were either patriotism to the cause, or admonitions against "evil" behavior (i.e. swearing, gambling, drunkenness and so forth). Additional duties included evening prayer meetings, prayers at dress parades and officiating at weddings, baptisms, funerals and burials. Chaplains performed pastoral functions by counseling, providing guidance and comforting the sick and wounded. They formed temperance societies and opened informal schools to teach illiterate soldiers to read and write. Among other chores assigned to chaplains were those of postmaster, writer of letters for wounded and dying soldiers, writer of letters telling of a soldier's death, banker, ambulance driver, defense counselors and Army recruiters. With the end of the conflict in April 1865, the great military machine that was the Union Army was quickly dismantled, and its mass of volunteer citizen-soldiers, including chaplains, returned to their old lives. Source: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Sirs, Thank you for your excellent work on the 62d. I came across your site while researching my ancestor Chaplain John Harvey. I do believe I may have a picture of him if you do not. The letters you have posted regarding his comments of Williamsburg were a welcome and exciting surprise to me. I am a historian with emphasis in US, Latin American, Legal, Oral, and Ancient histories. If I may be of any assistance to you and your research, please feel free to contact me. Until then, I remain, very most and truly yours, Chris Stults Advertisement NIK COOLE S ZOUAVE PORTRAITS nicholas.coole@wanadoo.fr Nik Coole is an artist who has a particular interest in the Zouave. Besides producing artworks of the Zouave, he will also undertake portraits of reenactors! The portrait shown here is an example of Nik s work. If you are interested in knowing more, please contact Nik at the address below. 5

6 Advertisement 3eme UNIFORM FOR SALE Gosly-Wood Thomas is selling a 3eme Zouave uniform. It is made from heavy wool, the copy of an original from the 1870/71 Museum at Woerth/France. It comes complete with the blue sash (5m x 35cm), jambiers (handmade from good saddle quality leather), a pairs of nearly new brogans and the French-style haversack and a fez, made for the Bersaglieres in Italy (the tassle is selfmade and not correct). The uniform is German size is (XL) and the brogans are 45-46, which is English size 11. The uniform price is 480 Euros and if you also want a Swiss made tornister/knapsack, original, made from fur, the complete set is 540 Euros. Blue and Grey (Australia), Re-enacting Independently for Fun (QLD). If you wish to register your group for a reenactor discount, please your group s name and details to; corpsutler@yahoo.com.au Visit our website at; CONTACT INFORMATION Editorial Desk c/- Dave Sanders blakstara@yahoo.com.au Anderson Zouaves Research and Living History (62 d NYSVV Co. F) Anderson Zouave Newspaper 62 d NYSVV Co. F. c/- Company Clerk William Lincoln P.O. Box 227., St. Peters. NSW 2044 Regards from Gosly-Wood Thomas webley@web.de Advertisement The Dog Robbers Company F Band ZOUAVE! is a publication of the Living History Resource Group. Unless otherwise stated, all content is produced by the editor, David Sanders. The focus of Corps Sutler is to provide the best product for the best price. We research and develop products for customers. Please let us know what you are after. Most products listed are in stock and ready to be shipped. We offer bulk order discounts - us for details. The Living History Resource Group uses and recommends HYPERCET PRINTING Discounts to members of; The United States Zouave Battalion, Living History Resource Group, 62nd NYSV Anderson Zouaves groups (Australia, Germany, Spain and the USA), Pike and Musket Society, Living History Federation of Belgium, Australian Napoleonic Association, The 6