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I was thinking of posting the easy/lame answer, -- the 'Field' terminal wire on the voltage regulator connects to the 'Field' terminal on the generator.
But after looking at the two generators I have realized the generator terminals aren't marked.
So I went back to my collection of 'before' photos and the wiring that was pulled from the car to match them up. This photo is looking down over the passenger fender at the Generator.
Maybe the smaller terminals on your generator are marked?
Here's what I traced back from the Voltage Regulator...
The 'Armature' terminal is on the back of the generator, the big yellow wire.
The 'Field' wire connects to the lower terminal of the two smaller ones and the (upper) 'Ground' terminal wire connects back to a mounting bolt holding the voltage regulator onto the inner fender.
The 12v converted '55 this photo is from was driveable and the charging system was working fine.
I also double checked the regulator-to-generator wiring in a neighbors '57 and it's hooked up exactly the same way.
I suspect the 'F' and 'Gnd' terminals on the generator not being labeled has something to do with the generator needing to be 'polarized'. (see comment #2 above)