Civil War Battlefield Guide data: battles¶
name: | kennedy1997_battles |
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path: | kennedy1997_battles.csv |
format: | csv |
Kennedy (1997) battle data
Data from
Frances H. Kennedy and the Conservation Fund (1998) “The Civil War Battlefield Guide”, http://books.google.com/books?id=qHObJArDHZMC.
The battles in this source correspond to the CWSAC battles and have use the same identifiers. However, in a few cases, casualty totals for several battles are aggregated.
Although Kennedy largely follows the CWSAC battle definitions, there are a few differences:
- In several battles, although the descriptions and battle-level data are separate, the
casualties are combined.
- VA031 includes VA030, VA031
- VA032 includes VA033, VA033, VA035
- VA038 includes VA036, VA037, VA038
- VA112 “Battle of St. Mary’s Chuch” is VA066 in CWSAC.
Corrections:
- The casualties for US and CS forces were inverted for TX005.
Sources: [KennedyConservation1998]
Schema¶
Primary Key: | [‘battle_id’] |
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battle_id | string | Battle |
battle_name | string | Battle name |
state | string | state |
county | string | county |
start_date | date | Start Date |
end_date | date | End Date |
casualties_min | integer | Casualties (min) |
casualties_max | integer | Casualties (max) |
casualties_text | string | Casualties |
cwsac_id | string | CWSAC Id |
battle_id¶
title: | Battle |
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type: | string |
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format: | default |
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Battle identifier
battle_name¶
title: | Battle name |
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type: | string |
format: | default |
state¶
title: | state |
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type: | string |
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format: | default |
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constraints: |
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start_date¶
title: | Start Date |
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type: | date |
format: | default |
end_date¶
title: | End Date |
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type: | date |
format: | default |
casualties_min¶
title: | Casualties (min) |
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type: | integer |
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format: | default |
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constraints: |
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Total casualties (killed, wounded, and missing or captured) for both sides, minimum value. For a few battles a total casualty value is given, while no disaggregated casualties are provided. This source only gives a range for a few battles. For battles where no range is given, the mimimum and maximum are set to the same value.
casualties_max¶
title: | Casualties (max) |
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type: | integer |
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format: | default |
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constraints: |
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Total casualties (killed, wounded, and missing or captured) for both sides, maximum value.
casualties_text¶
title: | Casualties |
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type: | string |
format: | default |
cwsac_id¶
title: | CWSAC Id |
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type: | string |
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format: | default |
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constraints: |
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CWSAC battle identifiers of the battles. These are almost the same as the Kennedy identifiers with a few exceptions. All battles are one-to-one mappings onto the CWSAC battles.