Kakaj
10-07-2007, 07:37 AM
Hello
This is my first post on this forum, so let me introduce my self.
My name is Cezary Wyszynski and I am multiperiod re-enactor from Poland.
Please take a look on my pictures showing me in 7 different periods I do :
http://www.kakaj.freha.pl/
I am also a founder and main administrator of polish online forum www.freha.pl which joins now more than 10 thousands active re-enactors (from ancient times till 17 c.) from my country. Napoleonic scene and IIWW have their own forums.
However re-enactment in Poland is quite big, there is no ACW movement yet. No groups, no events, no suppliers etc .. but a lot of people is interested in this period of history.
I have just started my new project called 'Poles in the ACW'
My first goal is to build first groups for both sides ... groups recreating Polish soldiers from ACW.
This will contain for sure:
- 58 th Regiment from New York - listed in the official Army Register as the "Polish Legion" ... under gen. Wladimir Krzyzanowski (http://www.polishamericancenter.org/Krzyzanowski.html)
- 31 st Regiment from New York ... under american generals, but this regiment had one totally Polish Company (C)
and
- 14th Regiment from Louisiana - named as Polish Brigade ... under gen. Valery Sulakowski
I am looking for any of you interested in this subject. Unfortunately in Poland there is almost no books about this. Also almost none reserach had been done about Poles in ACW.
I have found few notes that soldiers of 31th wore Polish quadrangular caps of red and white, these might possibly have been of the czapka (lancer-cap) style, but are more likely to have resembled the lower-crowned 'Konfederatka' ("Uniforms of the American Civil War" by Philip Haythornthwaite).
It will be a miracle if somebody will find a period's picture showing this ....
But maybe ....
regards
Cezary Wyszynski
This is my first post on this forum, so let me introduce my self.
My name is Cezary Wyszynski and I am multiperiod re-enactor from Poland.
Please take a look on my pictures showing me in 7 different periods I do :
http://www.kakaj.freha.pl/
I am also a founder and main administrator of polish online forum www.freha.pl which joins now more than 10 thousands active re-enactors (from ancient times till 17 c.) from my country. Napoleonic scene and IIWW have their own forums.
However re-enactment in Poland is quite big, there is no ACW movement yet. No groups, no events, no suppliers etc .. but a lot of people is interested in this period of history.
I have just started my new project called 'Poles in the ACW'
My first goal is to build first groups for both sides ... groups recreating Polish soldiers from ACW.
This will contain for sure:
- 58 th Regiment from New York - listed in the official Army Register as the "Polish Legion" ... under gen. Wladimir Krzyzanowski (http://www.polishamericancenter.org/Krzyzanowski.html)
- 31 st Regiment from New York ... under american generals, but this regiment had one totally Polish Company (C)
and
- 14th Regiment from Louisiana - named as Polish Brigade ... under gen. Valery Sulakowski
I am looking for any of you interested in this subject. Unfortunately in Poland there is almost no books about this. Also almost none reserach had been done about Poles in ACW.
I have found few notes that soldiers of 31th wore Polish quadrangular caps of red and white, these might possibly have been of the czapka (lancer-cap) style, but are more likely to have resembled the lower-crowned 'Konfederatka' ("Uniforms of the American Civil War" by Philip Haythornthwaite).
It will be a miracle if somebody will find a period's picture showing this ....
But maybe ....
regards
Cezary Wyszynski