[2] Their dress uniforms were modeled on those of the Zouaves, a North African Berber tribe famous for its ferocious fighting.

"As the enemy drove in the brigade pickets from the Emmitsburg Road, [sic] the regiment was rushed to the front line, striking the assailants at the famous stone wall and the clump of trees.

[7] This location seems to have been a "safe" choice by the GBMA, since there remained nagging questions about when – early or late in the battle – the 72nd had joined in the worst of the fighting.

Much of the battlefield land was still in private hands, and the 72nd bought a 900 sq ft (84 m2) tract at the Union front line, on which to erect a second monument.

On December 12, 1888, the GBMA had the 72nd's Captain John Reed arrested for trespassing, after "he had started men at work laying a foundation for the [second] monument of the Seventy-second Regiment".

"[18] The 72nd's ownership of its statuary tract proved crucial in preventing the Gettysburg Electric Railway from building a tourist trolley across the field of Pickett's Charge.

[23] High winds blew the 1,500 lb (0.68 t) Fire Zouave sculpture off its pedestal on June 25, 2013, just a week before the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg.

[24] National Park Service personnel hoisted the slightly damaged sculpture back onto its pedestal the next day, and restored it over the winter.