UNION ARMY RECRUITS IN WHITE REGIMENTS
IN THE UNITED STATES, 1861-1865
(ICPSR 9425)
Principal Investigators
Robert W. Fogel, Stanley L. Engerman, et al.
Center for Population Economics
University of Chicago
Inter-university Consortium for
Political and Social Research
P.O. Box 1248
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106
SUMMARY: This data collection was designed to analyze the
relationship between height, morbidity, and mortality among
individuals recruited into the Union Army. Information about each
recruit includes date, place, and term of enlistment, place of birth,
military ID number, random number assigned to each company, occupation
before enlistment, age at enlistment, and height. Population figures
for 1850 to 1860 by race, sex, and country of birth also are included
by county and town of both recruit's birth and enlistment places. In
addition, the latitude and longitude of the population centroids of
each civil division were also computed. CLASS IV
UNIVERSE: All recruits mustered into the Union Army.
SAMPLING: One-stage cluster sampling of white companies in the Union
Army. Clusters were companies, with each company having an equal
probability of being included
Cases: 39,616
Variables: 72
pos. type var. name description
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1-4 Num ENLYR Year of enlistment
5-6 Num ENLMO Month of enlistment
7-8 Num ENLDAY Day of enlistment
9-10 Char ENLST State of enlistment
11-35 Char ENLPLACE County or town of enlistment
36-60 Char BIRTHST State of birth
61-75 Char TERM Term of enlistment
76-79 Num AGE Age at enlistment
80 Num TC Term of enlistment code
Card Number 2
1-25 Char BIRTHPL County or town of birth
26-50 Char OCCUP Occupation
51 Num HFT Height: Feet component
52-56 Num HIN Height: Inch component
57-61 Num RANNUM Random number assigned to each
company
62-69 Num MILID Military ID number (MILID =
RECNUM + 1000 x RANNUM)
70-71 Num ESNO ICPSR state code for state of
enlistment
72-74 Num BSNO ICPSR state code for state of
birth
75 Num RVERT Philadelphia Social History
Project occupational code
76 Num ROCCODE Occupational code to determine
farmers
77 Num ENLSTQ Quality code for state of
enlistment
78 Num BIRTHPLQ Quality code for state of
birth
79 Num ENLPLQ Quality code for county or
town of enlistment
80 Num BIRTHPLQ Quality code for county or
town of birth
Card Number 3
1-25 Char XENLPL Originally coded county or
town of enlistment
26-50 Char XBIRTHPL Originally coded county or
town of birth
51-65 Char XENLST Originally coded state of
enlistment
66-80 Char XBIRTHST Originally coded state of
birth
Card Number 4
1-2 Char EPLACE Type of enlistment place
3-4 Char BPLACE Type of birthplace
5-6 Num ECOUNT Number of towns with given
name in state -- E1
7-8 Num BCOUNT Number of towns with given
name in state -- B2
9-16 Num EID Town identification number--E
17-24 Num BID Town identification number--B
25-41 Char ECNAME County name -- E
42-58 Char BCNAME County name -- B
59-62 Num ECOUNTY ICPSR County code -- E
63-66 Num BCOUNTY ICPSR County code -- B
67-73 Num EPOPCTY County population -- E
74-80 Num BPOPCTY County population -- B
Card Number 5
1-6 Num EFRNCTY Foreign born population in
county -- E
7-12 Num BFRNCTY Foreign born population in
county -- B
13-20 Num EAGG Aggregate town population in
1860 -- E
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(1)"E" hereafter is used as a shorthand for "ENLPLACE", county
or town of enlistment.
(2)"B" hereafter is used as a shorthand for "BIRTHPL", county
or town of birth.