58th New York State Volunteer Regiment
"Polish Legion"
History
Organized at New York City under Colonel Wladimir Kryzanowski, Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Gellman and Major Theodore Lichtenstein. The regiment was formed from two partially formed regiments that were merged together: four companies of men under Kryzanowski, who were known as the United States Rifles, and six companies of men under Gellman, called the Morgan Rifles. Gellman's companies included men from the Polish Legion, the Gallatin Rifles and the Humboldt Yaegers. Almost all were immigrants in the New York City area and included Danes, Frenchmen, Germans, Italians, Poles and Russians.
Włodzimierz Bonawentura Krzyżanowski on the 1st photo as a colonel, 2nd photo as a Brigadier General in 1865 photo taken in Alabama
Uniforms
One of the companies, mustering seventy-seven men, wearing the crimson Lancer cap - in polish rogatywka, it is quite likely that this cap has been mistaken for another Polish sybmol - czapka/konfederatka which was the predecessor of rogatyka, it was also one of the symbols of the struggle for Polish independence since Kościuszko Uprising in 1794 (Insurekcja kościuszkowska) worn mostly by Scythemen (kosynierzy). In Poland the scythemen formations are best remembered for their decisive role in the Battle of Racławice, 1794, during the Kościuszko Uprising. Through this battle, well known in Poland, and because of Kościuszko's influence and pro-peasant stance, the kosynierzy became one of the symbols of the fight for Polish independence, as well as a symbol of self-identification of the peasantry with the Polish nation.
Probably something of this kind was worn by the previously mentioned 77 members of the Polish legion
(konfederatka from fellow reenactor from 58thNYSV)
Engagements
Battle of Cross Keys
Battle of Port Republic
First Battle of Rappahannock Station
Second Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Chancellorsville
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Boonsboro
Battle of Funkstown
Battle of Wauhatchie
Battle of Missionary Ridge
Battle of Gettysburg
Regiment attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac.
July 1
Lieutenant Colonel August Otto led the two companies of the regiment that were not with Captain Koenig into Gettysburg and into battle on the north side of town. After the line collapsed the companies fell back through the town to Cemetery Hill.
Captain Emil Koenig brought his detachment back to Emmitsburg and collected a squad of men from the regiment who had been on picket duty. They made their way towards Gettysburg but were slowed by ammunition and supply trains. They arrived in late afternoon and joined with the rest of the regiment on Cemetery Hill.
In the evening Lieutenant Colonel Otto was ordered to General Schurz’s staff as chief of staff, leaving Captain Koenig in command of the regiment.
July 2-3
The regiment supported artillery batteries on Cemetery Hill, enduring heavy shelling all day. First Lieutenant and Adjutant Louis Dietrich and Private Louis Krause were killed and Captains Gustavus Stoldt and Edward Antonieski were mortally wounded.
At dusk the Confederate attack on Cemetery Hill overran Wiedrich’s battery. The regiment and the 119th New York moved to retake the pieces but the battery was recaptured before they arrived. The regiment remained with the battery in case of further attacks, with the company of Lieutenant Schwartz sent out as skirmishers.
After Pickett’s Charge on July 3rd Lieutenant Schwart’s company moved into town, exchanging fire with Confederate sharpshooters. Lieutenant Lauber and twenty men joined Schwartz. They captured 200 prisoners during the night, many of them sleeping sharpshooters who had not been told of the Confederate withdrawal.
Monument of the regiment in Gettysburg
Photos of officers
Capt. Edward Antonieski Company A
Capt. Emil Koenig Company E
2nd Lieut. John M. Beutel Company E
Capt. Adolph Schmager Company K
1st Lieut. Henry Kern Regimental Quarter Master
Contact
Unit will be focused on more of a role-play aspect. I'm also reeanactor of that unit 
