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