Weekly casualty data from Greer “Counting Casualties Week-by-Week”¶
| name: | greer2005_weekly_casualties |
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| path: | greer2005_weekly_casualties.csv |
| format: | csv |
Weekly casualties from Greer (2005) Counting Casualties Week by Week
Weekly casualty data for the American Civil War from Darroch Greer (2005) Counting Civil War Casualties, Week-By-Week, For The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, http://www.brcweb.com/alplm/BRC_Counting_Casualties.pdf. Greer primarily relies upon the casualty figures from Kennedy The Civil War Battlefield Guide, with adjustments for non-battle casualties.
Sources: [Greer2005]
Schema¶
| date | date | date |
| description | string | Description |
| confederate | number | Confederate casualties |
| union | integer | Union casualties |
| theater | string | theater |
| cwsac_id | string | Cwsac Id. |
| cwsac_battle_name | string | Cwsac Battle Name |
date¶
| title: | date |
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| type: | date |
| format: | default |
Casualties are given by week. This is the first day of that week period.
description¶
| title: | Description |
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| type: | string |
| format: | default |
Description of the casualties. This can either be a battle or “attrition” (for non-battle casualties).
confederate¶
| title: | Confederate casualties |
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| type: | number |
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| format: | default |
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union¶
| title: | Union casualties |
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| type: | integer |
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| format: | default |
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theater¶
| title: | theater |
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| type: | string |
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| format: | default |
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Theater in which the combat casualties occurred.
cwsac_battle_name¶
| title: | Cwsac Battle Name |
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| type: | string |
| format: | default |
Name of the CWSAC battle associated with the casualties.