CWSS battle data: units engaged

name:cwss_battle_units
path:cwss_battle_units.csv
format:csv

Units engaged in each battle in CWSS battle data: battles on each side. These units correspond to units in CWSS units (regiments), and are largely at the size of the regiment. This data does not include naval forces.

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

The primary sources of the battle unit data are Frederick Dyer (1908), A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion for the Union forces, and Joseph Crute Units of the Confederate States Army for Confederate Units. While these data appear relatively complete for the Union, they do not appear to be complete for the Confederate battles. Many battles have missing data on the Confederate side (e.g. Gettysburg), and even within battles, there are sometimes fewer Confederate units than would be expected.

Sources: [CWSS]

Schema

BattlefieldCode string Battlefield code
Comment string Comment
Source string Source
UnitCode string Unit code
companies number companies
batteries number batteries
detachment number detachment
section number section

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

Comment

title:Comment
type:string
format:default

Source

title:Source
type:string
format:default

UnitCode

title:Unit code
type:string
format:default

companies

title:companies
type:number
format:default

batteries

title:batteries
type:number
format:default

detachment

title:detachment
type:number
format:default

section

title:section
type:number
format:default