CWSS units (regiments)¶

name:	cwss_regiments_units
path:	cwss_regiments_units.csv
format:	csv

List of combat units. These are mostly, but not exclusively, regiments, and are the units appearing in battles in CWSS battle data: units engaged.

This is a modified version of the CWSS database table Unitz.

Sources:

Schema¶

unit_code	string	unit_code
side	string	Side
state	string	State
ordinal	string	ordinal
type	string	Type
special	string	Special
duplicate	number	duplicate
ethnic	string	ethnic
unit_name	string	Unit name
notes	string	Notes
func	string	func

unit_code¶

title:	unit_code
type:	string
format:	default

side¶

title:

Side

type:

string

format:

default

constraints:

enum:	[‘US’, ‘Confederate’]

Side of each force

state¶

title:

State

type:

string

format:

default

constraints:

minLength:	2
maxLength:	2
pattern:	[A-Z]{2}

Home state of the unit. This includes codes for “non-states”, e.g. US for US Colored troops, and UR for US Regular Army. See CWSS unit state names for the abbreviations.

ordinal¶

title:	ordinal
type:	string
format:	default

Ordinal number of the unit, if any. E.g. 1 for the 1st New York Infantry Regiment.

type¶

title:	Type
type:	string
format:	default

Type (size) of the unit. E.g. regiment, company, battalion, squadron. See CWSS unit category abbreviations for the abbreviations.

special¶

title:	Special
type:	string
format:	default

Codes for special units, e.g. Marine, Home Guard, Heavy Artillery, Light Artiller, State. See CWSS unit category abbreviations for the abbreviations.

duplicate¶

title:	duplicate
type:	number
format:	default

ethnic¶

title:	ethnic
type:	string
format:	default

Indicator for “ethnic” units: C if colored, I if Native American. See CWSS unit category abbreviations for the abbreviations.

unit_name¶

title:	Unit name
type:	string
format:	default

notes¶

title:	Notes
type:	string
format:	default

func¶

title:	func
type:	string
format:	default

Unit function. This column is practically a duplicate of arm; I am unsure of the difference.