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:
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 |