Some of the men wore the brass letters "E Z" on the bands of their kepis.

Many artists have depicted this regiment also with red shirts with the collar sticking out over the jacket creating a "red collar."

The unit served in the Excelsior Brigade in several battles, including Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and Appomattox Courthouse.

Their monument at Gettysburg shows a statue of a volunteer fireman from the New York Fire Department, which was disbanded in 1865, standing hand-in-hand with a zouave of the 73rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, wearing the uniform of their veteran's organization.

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