44th New York Infantry Regiment

44th New York Infantry Regiment
44th New York Infantry Regiment
Active	August 30, 1861, to October 11, 1864
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Peninsular Campaign Siege of Yorktown; Battle of Hanover Court House; Battle of Mechanicsville; Battle of Gaines' Mill; Battle of Malvern Hill; ; Second Battle of Bull Run; Maryland Campaign Battle of South Mountain; Battle of Antietam; ; Battle of Fredericksburg; Battle of Chancellorsville; Battle of Gettysburg; Overland Campaign Battle of the Wilderness; Battle of Cold Harbor; ; Siege of Petersburg;

Men of the 44th Regiment at the Little Round Top

The 44th New York Infantry Regiment was a regiment of the Union Army during the American Civil War which was formed up at Albany in mid-1861, and mustered in on August 30, 1861. The regiment wore an americanized zouave uniform which consisted of a dark blue zouave jacket with red piping on the cuffs, dark blue trousers with a red stripe, a red zouave shirt, a dark blue forage cap, and a pair of leather gaiters. The jacket had buttons down the front of it which was not part of the original French zouave uniform.