The "Zouaves d'Afrique" were much admired for their military bearing and prowess in battle to the point that it was decided to raise a full-sized regiment which was given the numeric designation of 114th Volunteer Infantry.

When the Zouaves began to falter in their charge against the Confederate line, Colonel Collis seized the regiment's national colors and urged the men on.

He was later brought to Court-martial to face these accusations but he successfully defended himself, introducing witnesses who could attest that he had served faithfully under fire during most of the battle until he collapsed from exhaustion due to his reoccurring problems with malaria.

This was due in part to the unit's colorful uniform and military bearing, but more so because General Meade, himself a Philadelphia native, was particularly fond of the 114th's regimental band which was considered one of the best in the Army of the Potomac.

During the army's winter encampment of 1863–64 at Brandy Station, Virginia, and later during the 1864–65 Siege of Petersburg, companies of the regiment would be frequently called away to serve as headquarters guards.

The 114th Pennsylvania's uniform from top to bottom began with a red Moroccan style fez with a yellow-gold tassel worn crushed downward on the back of the head like a skull cap.

A sky blue sash was worn wrapped tightly around the waist with Chasseur style madder red trousers, white leggings (gaiters), and leather jambières rounding out the ensemble.

In early 2006, the bronze statue of the Zouave on top of the granite pedestal was toppled to the ground by vandals in an unprecedented attack that also heavily damaged two other monuments on the field.