AUSTRIA 1848 UHLAN REGIMENTS

 The uniform of the Uhlans in the Austrian Army in 1848 was - as usual - very similar to that of the Napoleonic Period. 

The Austrian Army in 1848 had 4 Uhlan Regiments; in Italy, there were present the 3rd Uhlan Regiment Erzherzog Karl Ludwig and the 4th Regiment Kaiser Ferdinand. This units were usualy raised in the Polish and Galician parts of Empire, following the traditions of these countries for fierce cavaliers.

The tactical unit was the "Division", i.e.  2 squadrons put together, every squadron had 180 men. Every Regiment of Uhlans had 4 Divisionen for hence 8 squadrons, around 1.440 men/regiment. Moreover there was the General Staff of the Regiment.

Each squadron was itself split into 2 Wings (Flugel) each of which was on 2 Pelotons. So every peloton had 45 men. During the campaign 1848/49 every regiment was reinforced by 300 new recrtuits, pratically raising the number of a regiment up to 1.800 men.

Just 16 men per squadron had a carabine the rest with spear.

The uniform was under the influence of the Polish style. So they wore a Czapka (typical square headgear), that was of different colours to distinguish each regiment.

So, for the Campaign in Italy they wore

- 3rd Uhlan Regiment Erzherzog Karl Ludwig: RED Czapka

- 4th Regiment Kaiser Ferdinand: WHITE Czapka

The rest of the unifor was identical for all regiments of Uhlan, as well as the saddle. 

So here below 

the 3rd Uhlan Regiment Erzherzog Karl Ludwig (and Graf von Gruenne)

and the 4th Regiment Kaiser Ferdinand (then Kaiser Franz-Joseph)

This Regiment fought in 1848 in Italy and in 1849 in Hungary.

(Just as a note, this template is a transformation from this one:)

As said, 16 men per squadron had a carabine; here the template:

The NCO of the Uhlans were distinguishable for 3 elements:

Hera bottom a NCO with modified horse's position and colours

and a Lieutenant

Details:

While on the Hungarian front was fighting the first Uhlan Regiment Herzog Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha (yellow czapka)

Austria 1848 - Regiment Uhlans Nr. 1 

"Graf Civalart"

One of the problem I would like to solve is the "name" given to this Regiment in the 1848 war. So I found all the Inhaber (owners) of this Regiment. In 1848 it was called 1ste Uhlanen-Regiment "Graf von Civalart".

Here the complete list. He fought in Hungary and not on the Italian front.

• 1792 Feldmarschalleutenant Johann von Mészáros (Ulanen-Regiment Mészáros)
• 1797 General der Kavallerie Graf von Merveldt (Ulanen-Regiment Graf Merveldt)
• 1815 General der Kavallerie Ernst Herzog Sachsen - Coburg - Gotha
• 1844 General der Kavallerie Carl Graf von Civalart
• 1865 General der Kavallerie Carl Graf von Grünne
• 1884–85 unbesetzt
• 1885 Feldmarschalleutnant Kronprinz-Erzherzog Rudolf
• 1889–94 unbesetzt
• 1894 Feldmarschalleutnant Erzherzog Otto
• 1906 General der Kavallerie Ritter von Brudermann

Austria 1848 - Regiment Uhlans Nr. 1 

"Freiherr von Hammerstein-Equord"

• 1798–1800 none
• 1800–1820 Feldmarschall Karl Philipp Fürst zu Schwarzenberg
• 1820–1822 none
• 1822 Feldmarschalleutenant  von Sachsen - Coburg Saalfeld Kohàry
• 1828 Feldmarschalleutnant Franz Freiherr von Vlasits
• 1840 General der Kavalerie Freiherr von Hammerstein-Equord
• 1861 Feldmarschalleutnant Franz Ritter von Wallyemare
• 1866 - 87 Feldmarschalleutnant Carl Zaitsek von Egbell

This Regiment fought in 1848-1849 in Hungary.