Hungarian War of Independence
1848-1849

Army Organization:
Russian

By William W. Haggart

The Russian army that invaded Hungary was uniformed and organized identical to the troops that fought in the Crimea four years later. Field Marshal Count Paskevitch of Erivan, the Prince of Warsaw, was the commander of the Russian army that invaded Hungary in June of 1849. The army was made up of the 1st through 4th light cavalry divisions, the 2nd Uhlan division, and nine infantry divisions, the 4th through 12th. These units formed the IInd, IIIrd, and IVth Corps. Also included were seven Don Cossack regiments and three irregular Caucasian regiments. There were 11 horse batteries of eight guns each, 24 light foot batteries and 9 position batteries of twelve guns each, organized into 14 artillery brigades for a total of 484 guns. The Don Cossacks also fielded three batteries of eight guns each. An order of battle is provided for the Russian 9th Division of the IIIrd Corps, which fought with the Austrian army on the Western front.

RUSSIAN ARMY, 9th Division

9th Division Lt. General Pantin (fair)

    1st Brigade Major-General Semjakin
      Jeltz Infantry Regt, Sevrsk Infantry Regt.

    2nd Brigade Major-General Kobjakow

      Bransk Jager Regiment, Prince of Warsaw Jager Regiment

    9th Field Artillery Brigade

      Position battery #4, 12 12lb guns Light batteries #6-8, 36 6lb guns

Strength: 9,790 infantry (16 btns) and 852 artillerists and 48 guns.

Total: 10,642 and 48 guns.

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