Locations of engagements from Washington Post map, “Battles and casualties of the American Civil War”¶

name:	thorpe_engagements
path:	thorpe_engagements.csv
format:	csv

Data on the location of engagements in the American Civil War from the Washington Post interactive map “Battles and Casualties of the American Civil War” by Gene Thorpe:

Thorpe, Gene (April 12, 2011) “Battles and Casualties of the Civil War Map”, Washington Post <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/lifestyle/special/civil-war-interactive/civil-war-battles-and-casualties-interactive-map/>

The data itself is from the file, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/lifestyle/special/civil-war-interactive/civil-war-battles-and-casualties-interactive-map/cwFourYearsSec.xml.

The data consist of 4,340 engagements, the locations of those engagements, and casualties in these battles. It is unclear where the list of engagements comes from (Phisterer has only 2261, Dyer has 9570).

Sources: [Thorpe2011]

Schema¶

battleNum	integer	Battle number
battleDetail	string	Battle details
beginDate	date	Begin date
endDate	date	End date
unknownDay	boolean	Unknown day
lat	number	Latitude
lng	number	Longitude
shrtNm	string	Short name
desc	string	Description
type	string	Type
killed	integer	Killed
usCasTot	integer	Total US casualties
csCasTot	integer	Total Confederate casualties

battleNum¶

title:	Battle number
type:	integer
format:	default

Battle identifier number

battleDetail¶

title:	Battle details
type:	string
format:	default

Description of the battle

beginDate¶

title:	Begin date
type:	date
format:	default

endDate¶

title:	End date
type:	date
format:	default

unknownDay¶

title:	Unknown day
type:	boolean
format:	default

Equal to 1 if the date of the battle was unknown. In which case, the first and last days of the month are used.

lat¶

title:	Latitude
type:	number
format:	default

lng¶

title:	Longitude
type:	number
format:	default

shrtNm¶

title:	Short name
type:	string
format:	default

desc¶

title:	Description
type:	string
format:	default

type¶

title:	Type
type:	string
format:	default

Type of engagement. E.g. skirmish, siege, engagement.

killed¶

title:	Killed
type:	integer
format:	default

usCasTot¶

title:	Total US casualties
type:	integer
format:	default

csCasTot¶

title:	Total Confederate casualties
type:	integer
format:	default