Union Army Data - Legacy Datasets

Various legacy datasets are also available from the Union Army and Early Indicators of Aging project. Please see the table below for a list of legacy datasets and download links.


Dataset Name	Description	Download
Link File	Linkage success or failure to each record source for every individual in the Union Army sample.	Download
Regimental Records	Enlistment information for 332 companies in the Union Army sample, drawn from descriptive books for each regiment.	Download
Rejection Records - Date and Cause	Dates and causes of rejection due to medical problems during examinations for service in the Union Army. Sample contains approximately 1,600 observations.	Download
Regimental Histories	Histories of actions and service for all 332 companies in the Union Army sample drawn from Dyer's Compendium.	Download
Army Morbidity Reports	Reports of case and fatality rates for different diseases, each quarter from 1829-1874, for each fort and military institution in the continental United States.	Download
U.S. Federal Census of Mortality	Record of deaths occuring during 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, including causes of deaths.	Download
Social Statistics of Cities, 1880 & 1890 General Statistics of Cities, 1915 & 1916	Environmental and Societal variables on selected cities published by the U.S. Federal Census.	Download
Condition of the Negro in Various Cities, 1897	Information on African American men and women in 18 U.S. cities including 59 groups, 1,137 families, and 4,743 individuals. Published by the Department of Labor.	Download
Gould Sample	Information on 23,785 men, consisting of 16,900 white Union soldiers, 1,146 white Union sailors, 68 white Union marines, 2,883 black Union soldiers, 1,980 Confederate prisoners of war, 517 Indians, and 291 students.	Download
ICD-9 Coding	Coding of the Union Army Wartime Disease Data according to the International Classification of Disease, Ninth Revision (ICD-9).	Download
ICPSR State and County Coding	Coding of the Union Army sample state and county variables according to the ICPSR code.	Download
War-Time Mortality	Individual and company-level war-time mortality for the Union Army sample, including whether the cause of death was due to a wound.	Download
ICD-9 and ICD-10 Codes for Cause of Death and Contributing Cause of Death - Union Army sample	Coding of the Union Army sample cause of death and contributing cause of death data according to the International Classification of Disease, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) and Tenth Revision (ICD-10).	Download
ICD-9 and ICD-10 Codes for Cause of Death and Contributing Cause of Death - USCT sample	Coding of the USCT sample cause of death and contributing cause of death data according to the International Classification of Disease, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) and Tenth Revision (ICD-10).	Download
ICD-9 and ICD-10 Codes for Cause of Death and Contributing Cause of Death - Indiana/Wisconsin sample	Coding of the Indiana/Wisconsin sample cause of death and contributing cause of death data according to the International Classification of Disease, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) and Tenth Revision (ICD-10).	Download
Union Army Migration Dataset	A panel data set consisting of postbellum residential histories for 17,017 Union Army veterans. The data set was created for the purpose of studying the life-cycle factors shaping the post-bellum migration processes, changing patterns in geographic mobility, and the bidirectional relationship between migration and health.	Download
1850 20% Population Sample in 8 Cities	Transcription of every fifth line of the 1850 U.S. Federal Census schedules for the following cities: New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Chicago, and Pittsburg.	Download
1860 20% Population Sample in 8 Cities	Transcription of every fifth line of the 1860 U.S. Federal Census schedules for the following cities: New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Chicago, and Pittsburg.	Download
ILAS	Intergenerationally Linked Aging Sample. The ILAS data set has been accumulated from printed family histories and genealogies compiled for 39 U.S. families. The ILAS data set consists of 118,062 samples born from 1577 to 1983. 27.3% of them are currently linked to at least one of the 1850-1910 U.S. Federal Census records.	Download
1890 Veterans Schedule in Baltimore	Transcription of all Union Army veterans enumerated in the city of Baltimore, excluding widows, on the 1890 Veterans Schedules.	Download
Boston Tax Lists	Collected from the records of the Boston Public Library.	Download
Boston Tax Records	Collected from the records of the Boston Public Library.	Download
Baltimore 1850 1860 Mortality Schedules	Transcription of the Baltimore Mortalitly Schedules.	Download
Forts	Health statistics of the U.S. Army forts from 1829 to 1874 compiled by the U.S. Surgeon General's Office. Army surgeons and civilian physicians recorded annual or quarterly death rates and cases of various diseases and injuries for each fort. Surgeons and physicians also documented living conditions and fort information, such as habitation, food, geographical location, and climate.	Download