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Different ways to view a single regiment. Since the given task of the website was to provide answers for major questions defining the book, what is available for each regiment varies considerably. This came about as at one time the author needed to know desertion numbers (relative to who was mustered in -- volunteer, draftee, or substitute). And then, at another time, what the casualty count looked like for the Overland Campaign. Or what occupations the men claimed to have when they [were] signed up. Or the men's stated ages. All this in the context of building first a cohort of 'new regiments' and then looking at a wider field ('book' and 'all' regiments) for comparisons, ones which occasionally prompted new ways of seeing or new questions to answer. The website was put together dynamically from the questions of the moment, which led to new lines of inquiry needing new fields of data. While the structure has coalesced around the book, the website remains dynamic, seeking to fill in gaps and continuing to cross-check sources for resolution of facts.
Roster: A subset of the large roster, showing only the most basic information about each soldier. The original study drew from the enlisted ranks; after some time the staff was added. Outcomes: In table form, yet to be fully complete, these data give a general impression of how soldiers were separated from their regiments. Overview: One table showing computations from the database for each company, another gathered from the American Civil War Research Database for casualty totals, and a chart breaking down outcomes bi-monthly. The chart shows killed, wounded, prisoners, and missing; it shows details for the casualty totals. Age Profile: A chart showing all known ages within a range of muster dates. Parsing the data by towns can take some time; profiles by company can also be shown. Charts: Meant to be exploratory, the charts are compute-intensive and take quite some time to generate. The visual effect has led to some further inquiry. Some charts can be eye-openers: the first one with this effect showed the deserters from the 17th Vermont, where substitutes who never reported are seen in an almost unbroken column in July/August 1864. Another view shows how all 166 substitutes ended their terms with the 17th Vermont, especially in contrast with the relatively few deserters from the volunteers. Map: Depending on data available from the enlistment forms, numbers are given for each town and county in the regiment's state. Noteworthy for the 17th Vermont are the 218 men who claimed a Canadian birth place (many of whom were substitutes who never reported for duty). The Massachusetts regiments [Residence] maps are clear about origins, and that the 57th is quite different from the others. Desertion: An experiment in progress, attempting visually to find some obvious statistical result. Occupation: Sortable table where occupations are known for any regiment. Large Roster: The many fields are sortable and require a bit of time to assemblein real time. |
