CWSS battle data: principal commanders

name:cwss_commanders
path:cwss_commanders.csv
format:csv

Principal commanders of the battles in the CWSS database. Each side in a battle in CWSS battle data: battles has one or more commanders. These commanders are largely the same as those in CWSAC Report (1993) battle data: commanders and CWSAC Report Updates: commanders with some differences for unknown reasons.

This data was extracted from the CWSS database file battle.xml.

Sources: [CWSS]

Schema

BattlefieldCode string Battlefield code
belligerent string belligerent
commander_number integer Commander number
commander string Commander ID

BattlefieldCode

title:

Battlefield code

type:

string

format:

default

constraints:
minLength:5
maxLength:6
pattern:[A-Z]{2}[0-9]{3}[A-Z]?

CWSAC battle identifier

belligerent

title:

belligerent

type:

string

format:

default

constraints:
enum:[‘US’, ‘Confederate’, ‘Native American’]

commander_number

title:Commander number
type:integer
format:default

Number of the commander for each side? This does not indicate relative rank of the commanders, but is to serve as a unique ID of the commander when there are multiple commanders on a side in a battle.

commander

title:Commander ID
type:string
format:uuid

Unique commander identifier corresponding to the PersonID in CWSS people.