41st New York Infantry Regiment

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41st New York Infantry Regiment
Active	June 27, 1861 to July 3, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Nickname(s)	The De Kalb Regiment
Engagements	Siege of Yorktown (1862) Williamsburg Seven Days Battles Antietam Chancellorsville Battle of Gettysburg Mine Run Wilderness Spotsylvania Courthouse Cedar Creek Cold Harbor Petersburg Five Forks Appomattox
Commanders
Colonel	Leopold von Gilsa

The 41st New York Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the American Civil War. They were nicknamed De Kalb Regiment. The regiment was formed from German immigrants from both New York and Pennsylvania.

Initially, the regiment wore a uniform that was based on the Jaeger uniform of Germany. It consisted of a dark green frock coat with red trimming and cuff flaps, dark green pants with a red stripe down the leg, a dark green kepi with a red band, and black shoes.^[1] In addition to the Jaeger uniform, Company K of the regiment wore a French/American zouave uniform. This uniform consisted of a dark blue zouave jacket with red trimmings, dark blue pantaloons^[2] with red braiding, a sky blue sash, a dark blue zouave vest with red trimming, a red tasseled fez with a thin yellow band around it. Dark blue Zouave panatloons were worn with a red stripe on the outseam tucked into deerskin jambières, and white gaiters made from canvas or drill (fabric)..^[3][4]

• List of New York Civil War units