Miscellaneous battle data

name:battlemisc path:battlemisc.csv format:csv

Miscellaneous battle data.

Miscellaneous battle-level data coded for this dataset. The battles are the CWSAC battles (see CWSAC Report battle data: battles). The extra data includes:

• surrenders
• attackers

Sources: [jrnold]

Schema

cwsac_id	string	CWSAC Id.
battle_name	string	Battle name
attacker	string	Attacker
siege	boolean	siege
naval	string	naval

cwsac_id

title:

CWSAC Id.

type:

string

format:

default

constraints:

pattern:[A-Z]{2}[0-9]{3}[A-Z]?

battle_name

title:Battle name type:string format:default

attacker

title:

Attacker

type:

string

format:

default

constraints:

enum:[‘US’, ‘Confederate’]

Which side was the attacker in the battle? This was coded as the side which first initiated combat in that battle. It is not a measure of which side was attacking in the campaign. This was coded from the descriptions in the CWSAC and Wikipedia.

siege

title:siege type:boolean format:default

naval

title:

naval

type:

string

format:

default

constraints:

enum:[‘Yes’, ‘No’, ‘Partial’]

Was this a naval battles? “Yes” if at least one of the side’s forces consisted of only ships, e.g. ship vs. ship battles or ship vs. land fortifications. If “Partial”, then land forces were involved on both sides, but ships were part of at least one side’s forces. If “No”, then no naval forces were involved.