Bodart (1908) battle data: force strengths and casualties¶

name:	bodart1908_forces
path:	bodart1908_forces.csv
format:	csv

Bodart (1908) data on force sizes and casualties in battles of the American Civil War

These data are from Bodart (1908), “Militär-Historisches Kreigs-Lexicon (1618-1905)”. See Bodart (1908) battles of the American Civil War for more information on this source.

This table contains force sizes and casualties for each combatant in each battle.

I have found that the strength values in Bodart tend to be higher in other sources. He seems to use the total size of the unit involved in that theater or operations, without considering which parts of that unit participated in a given battle.

Sources: [Bodart1908]

Schema¶

battle_id	string	Battle id
belligerent	string	belligerent
strength	integer	Strength
strength_engaged	integer	Strength Engaged
infantry	integer	Infantry
cavalry	integer	cavalry
artillery	integer	Artillery
guns	integer	guns
killed	integer	Killed
killed_percent	number	Killed (percent)
killed_generals	integer	killed_generals
killed_officers	integer	killed_officers
killed_wounded	integer	killed_wounded
killed_wounded_percent	number	Killed Wounded (percent)
killed_wounded_generals	integer	Generals killed or wounded
killed_wounded_officers	integer	Officers killed or wounded
wounded	integer	wounded
wounded_percent	number	Wounded (percent)
wounded_generals	integer	Generals wounded
wounded_officers	integer	Officers wounded
captured	integer	captured
captured_generals	integer	Generals captured
captured_officers	integer	Officers captured
missing	integer	missing
missing_percent	number	Missing (percent)
missing_generals	integer	Generals missing
missing_officers	integer	Officers missing
casualties	integer	Casualties
casualties_percent	number	Casualties (percent)
casualties_officers	integer	Casualties (officers)
casualties_generals	integer	Casualties (generals)
losses_guns	integer	Losses of guns
losses_caissons	integer	Losses of caissons
losses_cannon	integer	Losses of cannons
losses_canons	number	losses_canons
losses_flags	integer	Losses of flags
losses_munition_wagons	integer	Losses of munition wagons
losses_wagons	integer	Losses of wagons
note	string	note

battle_id¶

title:	Battle id
type:	string
format:	default

belligerent¶

title:	belligerent
type:	string
format:	default

strength¶

title:	Strength
type:	integer
format:	default

Total personnel

strength_engaged¶

title:	Strength Engaged
type:	integer
format:	default

Personnel engaged in combat

infantry¶

title:	Infantry
type:	integer
format:	default

Number of infantry

cavalry¶

title:	cavalry
type:	integer
format:	default

Number of cavalry

artillery¶

title:	Artillery
type:	integer
format:	default

Number of artillery personnel

guns¶

title:	guns
type:	integer
format:	default

Number of guns (artillery pieces)

killed¶

title:	Killed
type:	integer
format:	default

killed_percent¶

title:

Killed (percent)

type:

number

format:

default

constraints:

minimum:	0
maximum:	1

killed_generals¶

title:	killed_generals
type:	integer
format:	default

killed_officers¶

title:	killed_officers
type:	integer
format:	default

killed_wounded¶

title:	killed_wounded
type:	integer
format:	default

killed_wounded_percent¶

title:

Killed Wounded (percent)

type:

number

format:

default

constraints:

minimum:	0
maximum:	1

killed_wounded_generals¶

title:	Generals killed or wounded
type:	integer
format:	default

killed_wounded_officers¶

title:	Officers killed or wounded
type:	integer
format:	default

wounded¶

title:	wounded
type:	integer
format:	default

wounded_percent¶

title:

Wounded (percent)

type:

number

format:

default

constraints:

minimum:	0
maximum:	1

wounded_generals¶

title:	Generals wounded
type:	integer
format:	default

wounded_officers¶

title:	Officers wounded
type:	integer
format:	default

captured¶

title:	captured
type:	integer
format:	default

captured_generals¶

title:	Generals captured
type:	integer
format:	default

captured_officers¶

title:	Officers captured
type:	integer
format:	default

missing¶

title:	missing
type:	integer
format:	default

missing_percent¶

title:

Missing (percent)

type:

number

format:

default

constraints:

minimum:	0
maximum:	1

missing_generals¶

title:	Generals missing
type:	integer
format:	default

missing_officers¶

title:	Officers missing
type:	integer
format:	default

casualties¶

title:	Casualties
type:	integer
format:	default

Total casualties (killed, wounded, and missing or captured)

casualties_percent¶

title:

Casualties (percent)

type:

number

format:

default

constraints:

minimum:	0
maximum:	1

casualties_officers¶

title:	Casualties (officers)
type:	integer
format:	default

casualties_generals¶

title:	Casualties (generals)
type:	integer
format:	default

losses_guns¶

title:	Losses of guns
type:	integer
format:	default

losses_caissons¶

title:	Losses of caissons
type:	integer
format:	default

losses_cannon¶

title:	Losses of cannons
type:	integer
format:	default

losses_canons¶

title:	losses_canons
type:	number
format:	default

losses_flags¶

title:	Losses of flags
type:	integer
format:	default

losses_munition_wagons¶

title:	Losses of munition wagons
type:	integer
format:	default

losses_wagons¶

title:	Losses of wagons
type:	integer
format:	default

note¶

title:	note
type:	string
format:	default