3rd 6 Pounder Foot Artillery Battery
Total – six battalions, two squadrons, one battery
4,800 – six guns
Brigade, Major-General von Maurer
I & II/IR Kaiser (Nr.1)
II/IR Prohaska (Nr.7) – four companies
III/IR Haugwitz (Nr. 38)
III/IR Archduke Albrecht (Nr.44)
I/IR Archduke Sigismund (Nr.45)
Dragoon Regiment Bavaria (Nr.2) – two sqdns.
9th 6 Pounder Foot Artillery Battery
Total – five battalions, four companies, two squadrons, one battery
4,600 – six guns
Division, Major-General, Archduke Ernst
Brigade, Major-General, Count Rudolf Schaaffgotsche
Uhlan Regiment Kaiser (Nr.4) – five sqdns.
Liechtenstein Chevauxleger Regiment (Nr. 5) – three sqdns.
Dragoon Regiment Bavaria (Nr.2) – two sqdns
Pioneers – one and ½ companies
Total – one and ½ companies, 10 squadrons 1,500
Verona Garrison Totals – 11 battalions, five and ½ companies, 14 squadrons, 12 guns – 10,900
Mantua
Brigade, Major-General, Count Nugent
I & II/IR Archduke Franz d’Este (Nr.32) – eight companies
I & II/IR Rukawina (Nr.51)
6th Garrison Battalion
8th 6 Pounder Foot Artillery Battery
Pioneers – ½ company
Total – four battalions, two and ½ companies, one battery
4,000 – six guns
Brigade, Colonel Benedek
I/Szluiner Grenz IR (Nr.4) – four companies
I & II/IR Paumgarten (Nr.21)
I & II/IR Gyulai (Nr.33)
Uhlan Regiment Kaiser (Nr.4) – one sqdn.
Dragoon Regiment Bavaria (Nr.2) – two sqdns
1st 6 Pounder Foot Artillery Battery
Horse Artillery Battery Nr. 1
Total – four battalions, four companies, two squadrons, two batteries
5,400 – 12 guns
Mantua Garrison Totals – eight battalions, six and ½ companies, two squadrons, 18 guns – 9,400
Peschiera (under siege)
I/Ottochaner Grenz IR (Nr.2)
I/Szluiner Grenz IR (Nr.4) – two companies
Total – eight companies
1,500 (only covers the infantry present)
Legnago
I/Brooder Grenz IR (Nr.7)
1,100
Citadel of Ferrara (blockaded)
I/Warasdiner St. George Grenz IR (Nr.6)
1,000
Troops in the South Tirol and the Rivoli Plateau
Brigade Colonel Baron Zobel
III/ Kaiser Jäger – four companies
I & II/IR Schwarzenberg (Nr. 19)
II/IR Baden (Nr.50) – four companies Rivoli,
Liechtenstein Chevauxleger Regiment (Nr. 5) – one sqdn.
} Volargne.
½ Rocket Battery Nr. 1
Peri
½ 6 Pounder Foot Artillery Battery
Total- -two battalions, eight companies, one squadron two half-batteries
2,500 – three guns, three rocket tubes
Brigade, Colonel Melczer
3rd Feld-Jager Battalion
III/ Kaiser Jager – two companies Guidicara
II/IR Archduke Ludwig (Nr.8)
} Riva
III/IR Baden (Nr.50) – four companies Roveredo
Liechtenstein Chevauxleger Regiment (Nr. 5) – one sqdn
½ 6 Pounder Foot Artillery Battery
Total – two battalions, six companies, one squadron, one half-battery
2,500 – three guns
Tirol Total – six battalions, eight companies, two squadrons, six guns, three rocket tubes – 5,000
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1.
Hilleprandt, ‘1848‘, Vol. II, pp. 13-16.
Appendix X
Dislocation of Papal Regular Army
May 16th 18481
Organisation/Unit
Strength (Effectives)
Location
Army Council & Ministry
93
A. Indigenous Troops:
General Staff
30
Staff
53
Sanitary Corps, Colonel Baroni
14
Rome
Corps of Engineers, Major Provinciali
28
Rome
Regiment of Artillery, Colonel Stewart
1,008
Rome
Naval, Lieutenant-Colonel Falzacappa
48
Civitavecchia
Veteran Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel Pitoni
719
Rome
1st Grenadier Battalion, Major Graziosi
670
On the march
2nd Grenadier Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel Marescotti
619
On the march
1st Fusilier Battalion, Major Garofilo
696
Rome
2nd Fusilier Battalion, Major Saracinelli
647
Civitavecchia
3rd Fusilier Battalion, Major Podiani
572
Ferrara
4th Fusilier Battalion, Major Fiocchi
695
Spoleto
5th Fusilier Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel Sparazano
495
Rome
6th Fusilier Battalion
626
On the march
1st Cacciatori Battalion, Major Federici
895
On the march
2nd Cacciatori Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel Bini
745
On the march
Dragoons, Colonel Boccanera
747
Rome
Mounted Cacciatori, Lieutenant-Colonel Allegrini
276
Rome
B. Foreign Troops:
Artillery, Captain Lentulus
170
On the march
1st Regiment, Colonel de Latour
2,074
On the march
2nd Regiment, Colonel de Ramy
2,013
Ferrara
C. Other:
Carabinieri, Colonel Naselli
2,494
Rome
Bersaglieri, Lieutenant-Colonel Luparini
888
Rome
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1.
Ovidi, Document 8, pp. 302-303.
Appendix XI
Tuscan Division
Positions
Morning, May 29th 1848
A. Troops in the Curtatone-Montanara area1
*See note at the end of this table
Monastery dell Grazie (Headquarters)
Officers
Men
Total
General Staff
10
10 (6)
Miscellaneous Civic Guard
5
5
10 (6)
Engineers
5
0
5 (3)
Grenadier division and band
5
237
242 (60)
University Battalion
19
285
304 (10)
Line cavalry
6
52
58 (58)
Coast & Chosen artillery
5
144
149 (11)
Train, etc.
2
15
17 (17)
Total:
737 men
Curtatone
Staff & Line Bersaglieri
14
324
338 (18)
Fusiliers, 2nd Line Regiment
22
730
752 (30)
Lucca Civic Guard Company
7
220
227 (17)
Malenchini Volunteer Bersaglieri
2
55
57 (0)
1 Company, Florentine Civic Guard
4
135
139 (4)
Neapolitan Civic Guard Battalion
27
404
431 (27)
Cavalry
1
21
22 (22)
Chosen Artillery
1
34
35 (1)
three six pounder cannon2
one howitzer
four caissons
Train, etc.
0
13
13
Total:
2,014 men, 4 guns
Montanara
Staff
3
1
4 (0)
Fusiliers, 1st Line Regiment
39
935
974 (60)
2nd Battalion, 10th Neapolitan Regiment
10
420
430 (10)
2nd Battalion, Florentine Civic Guard
22
414
436 (22)
1st Battalion, Leghorn Civic Guard
23
425
448 (23)
Pisa-Siena Civic Guard Battalion
23
269
292 (22)
Cavalry
1
23
24 (24)
Chosen artillery
3
60
63 (3)
three six pounder cannon
one howitzer
four caissons
Train, etc.
0
17
17 (17)
Total:
2,688 men, 4 guns
B. Troops not in the Curtatone-Montanara area3:
Goito
1st Battalion, 10th Neapolitan Regiment
547
Two companies, Lucca Civic Guard
253
Tuscan Artillery
25
two guns
three caissons
Train
14
Cavalry
14
Total:
853 men, 2 guns
Bivio di Gazzoldo & Goito
One company, Coast-Guards
80
Chosen Artillery
8
one gun
one caisson
Total:
88 men, one gun
Sacca
Two companies, 1st Battalion, Florentine Civic Guard
163
Total:
163 men
Rivalta
Two companies, 1st Battalion, Florentine Civic Guard
183
Mounted Cacciatori
4
Total:
187 men
Castellucchio
Two companies, 1st Battalion, Florentine Civic Guard
165
Mounted Cacciatori
7
Total:
172 men
San Martino sull’Oglio
Guard to Veterinary Hospital
12
Total:
12 men
Non-combatants:
956
Total:
956
Cavalry, who took no part in the actions
104
Total: 104
Sick, Medical, Commissariat etc
326
Total:
326
Total:
2,105 men
*Note: In de Laugier, a total of 181 men from the units shown above at Grazie Monastery, Curtatone, and Montanara are stated as being non-combatants. Whilst this may be the case for some, it is doubtful for all, since, for example, all cavalry are so designated. These are noted above in brackets for each unit.
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1.
De Laugier, Cesare, Racconto storico della giornata campale pugnata il 29 maggio 1848 a Montanara e Curtatone in Lombardia dettato da un testimone oculare, Florence 1854, p. 98. Where totals are incorrect, or perhaps misprinted, they are corrected here.
2.
Montù, p. 333, identifies the cannon as such, as does Zobi, Vol. 5, p. 581.
3.
De Laugier, p. 9. Note, however, that on that page he gives the total number of combatants at Curtatone as 2,422, and at Montanara as 2,445.
Appendix XII
Order of Battle
Imperial-Royal Austrian Reserve Corps
May 14th 18481
Commander
FZM Count Nugent
Chief of Staff
Lieutenant-Colonel, Baron von Smola
Corps Adjutant
Lieutenant-Colonel Hartmann
Division, FML Count Schaaffgotsche
Brigade, Major-General Schulzig
9th Feld-Jäger Battalion – two companies
360
II/ 2nd Banal Grenz IR (Nr.11)
777
I/Peterwardeiner Grenz IR (Nr.9)
1,141
I & II/IR Kinsky (Nr.47)
2,311
½ 1st 6 Pounder Foot Artillery Battery three guns
½ Rocket Battery Nr. 3 three rocket tubes
Total – four battalions, two companies, two squadrons, two half-batteries
4,589 – three guns, three rocket tubes
Brigade, Major-General Prince Felix Schwarzenberg
I/Deutsch-Banat Grenz IR (Nr.12)
1,217
I/Illyrian Banat Grenz IR (Nr.18)
721
I & II/IR Wocher (Nr.25)
1,598
Total – four battalions
3,586
Division total – eight battalions, two companies, two squadrons, two half-batteries 8,175 – three guns, three rocket tubes
Division, FML Count Turn
Brigade, Major-General von Culoz
I/1st Banal Grenz IR (Nr.10)
I//2nd Banal Grenz IR (Nr.11), two compan ies
}1, 147
I/Warasdiner-St. George Grenz IR (Nr.6)
1,196
I & II/IR Archduke Carl (Nr. 3)
1,779
½ 2nd 6 Pounder Foot Artillery Battery three guns
Total – four battalions, two companies, one half-battery
4,122 – three guns,
Brigade, Colonel Supplikatz
I/ Oguliner Grenz IR (Nr.3)
1,219
I & II/IR Fürstenwärther (Nr.56)
2,216
Grenadier Battalion Biergotsch
565
I &II/IR Franz Carl D’Este (Nr.32) four companies
6182
Pioneers, one company -
Total – four battalions, five companies 4,618
Division total – eight battalions, seven companies, one half battery 8,740 – three guns
Division, FML, the Prince of Württemberg
Cavalry Brigade, Major-General Prince Edmund Schwarzenberg
Prince Windischgrätz Chevauxleger
Regiment (Nr.4), one squadron
138
Kaiser Uhlan Regiment (Nr.4), two squadrons
257
Archduke Carl Uhlan Regiment (Nr. 3), seven squadrons
970
Boineburg Dragoon Regiment (Nr.4), two squadrons
276
Horse Artillery Battery Nr. 1
– six guns
Total – 12 squadrons, one battery 1,641 – six guns
Reserve Artillery, Colonel Baron Srwrtnik
½ 2nd 6 Pounder Foot Artillery Battery three guns
Horse Artillery Battery Nr. 2
six guns
½ Rocket Battery Nr. 3
three rocket tubes
Rocket Batteries Nrs. 4, 5, & 6
18 rocket tubes
Total –
four batteries, and two half batteries, nine guns, 21 rocket tubes
Corps Total: 16 battalions, nine companies, 12 squadrons, 7½ batteries 16,915 – 21 guns, 24 rocket tubes
Detached Troops, Colonel Baron Stillfried
Two companies, 1st Banal Grenz IR (Nr.10), and one company, IR Hohenlohe (Nr.17)
Longarone
One company, IR Hohenlohe (Nr.17)
Pribano
Two companies, Warasdiner Kreuzr Grenz
IR (Nr.5)
Santa Croce
½ 1st 6 Pounder Foot Artillery Battery
One Rocket Battery
Total: six companies, one and a half batteries
Division, FML Baron Stürmer
Brigade, Major-General Mitis
I/Liccaner Grenz IR (Nr.1)
Palma
Szluiner Grenz IR (Nr.4), five companies
Palma
1st Banal Grenz IR (Nr.10), five companies
Palma
Archduke Carl Uhlan Regiment (Nr.3), one troop
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