Uniforms in the South
This the uniforms of the regular army units of the Volunteer Army, Armed Forces of South Russia and the Russian Army.
For Cossack uniforms go here.
Uniforms and Flags
Most books on the period focus excessively on the elite coloured regiments, and even then mostly on the infantry. Even worse, quite a lot of information given is outright wrong even for the famous regiments. I hope this section will allow people looking for uniform and flag information to extend their horizons a bit.
That said, information on the period is hard to find and often depends on a single source and errors are bound to occur in that situation. If you find any, please forward them to me at pygmywars-at-gmail-dot-com.
Coloured Regiments
These are the famous units of the south that did not descend from Imperial units, but were formed early in the Kuban and then later named after early White Generals. They were particularly noted for their colourful caps and white or black tunics/blouses, hence the epithet "coloured".
They were the earliest units of the Voluteer Army and remained its elite. Many of them had units formed mostly of officers and volunteers, especially in the early period, and such "officer companies" were the elite of the elite. These regiments, later expanded to divisions, were usually the spearhead of any attack.
Officer General Markov Infantry Division
Officer General Markov Artillery Brigade
Information on the numbers, composition and structure of the Markov units
Partisan General Alekseev Infantry Division
General Alekseev cavalry units
Partisan General Alekseev Artillery Brigade
General Drozdovskiy Rifle Regiment
General Drozdovskiy cavalry units
General Drozdovskiy Artillery Brigade
General Kornilov Shock Infantry Division
General Kornilov cavalry units
General Kornilov Artillery Brigade
Revived Imperial Army Units
Most other units – after the initial wave of "detachments" named after whoever led them – eventually were organised into normal companies, battalions, regiments etc. Almost all of these, other than the coloured regiments above, soon aquired some link to a unit in the Imperial Army, generally because officers preferred to congregate with others from their WWI unit.
Their quality varied considerably, usually depending on the ratio of officers to men.
Composite Guards Infantry Division
Composite Guards Artillery Brigade (and Engineer Company)
Composite Guards Cavalry Division
Other Regular Artillery and Engineers
General Information
Information that applies to all the White armies.