58th New York Infantry Regiment

58th New York Infantry Regiment
ActiveAugust 27, 1861 (1861-08-27)–October 1, 1865 (1865-10-01)
Country United States
AllegianceUnion
BranchUnited States Army
TypeInfantry
SizeRegiment
Nickname(s)Polish Legion[1]
EngagementsAmerican Civil War
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Włodzimierz Krzyżanowski
New York U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865
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Monument to the 58th New York Volunteer Infantry at Gettysburg

The 58th New York Infantry Regiment, also called the Polish Legion,[1] was an infantry regiment of United States Volunteers in Union Army service during the American Civil War.[2] The regiment was composed almost entirely of immigrant volunteers: Poles, Germans, Danes, Italians, Russians, and Frenchmen, most of whom were recruited in New York City in 1861.[3]

  1. ^ a b United States Department of War 1865.
  2. ^ New York State Unit History Project 2016.
  3. ^ New York Monuments Commission 1902, p. 428.