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Description & Citation--Study No. 3466

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:3466
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03466
 
Title:Union Army Recruits in Black Regiments in the United States, 1862-1865: [Instructional Materials]
 
Principal Investigator(s):James W. Oberly, University of Wisconsin, Eau-Claire
 
Funding Agency:University of Wisconsin. Office of Instructional Development
 
Bibliographic Citation:Oberly, James W. UNION ARMY RECRUITS IN BLACK REGIMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES, 1862-1865: [INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS] [Computer file]. Prepared by James W. Oberly, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Department of History. ICPSR version. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2004. doi:10.3886/ICPSR03466
 

Scope of Study

Summary:These instructional materials were prepared for use with UNION ARMY RECRUITS IN BLACK REGIMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES, 1862-1865 (ICPSR 9426), compiled by Jacob Metzer and Robert A. Margo. The data file and accompanying documentation are provided to assist educators in instructing students about the demographic, military, and medical history of African-American men who volunteered for service in the Union Army during the American Civil War. An instructor's handout has also been included. This handout contains the following sections, among others: (1) General goals for student analysis of quantitative datasets, (2) Specific goals in studying this dataset, (3) Suggested appropriate courses for use of the dataset, (4) Tips for using the dataset, and (5) Related secondary source readings. This data collection was designed to examine the characteristics of free Blacks and ex-slaves mustered into the Union Army between 1862 and the end of the Civil War. In addition to variables on personal characteristics (such as skin, eye, and hair color, height, age, birthplace, and occupation before enlistment), the data also contain Army-related variables (such as regiment and company number, rank, enlistment date and place, changes in rank, and date and cause of end of service).
 
Subject Term(s):African Americans, American Civil War, armed forces, demographic characteristics, enlistment (military), ex-slaves, instructional materials, instructional modules, military records, military service, nineteenth century, physical characteristics, race, Union Army
 
Geographic Coverage:Alabama, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, United States
 
Time Period:1862 - 1865
 
Date(s) of Collection:1977
 
Universe:All Black regiments in the Union Army.
 
Data Type:administrative records data
 
Data Collection Notes:(1) This collection is part of the ICPSR initiative, Site for Instructional Materials and Information (SIMI) (link), which promotes the use of social science data in undergraduate and graduate education through the sharing of faculty-submitted ICPSR data-based instructional materials developed for use in the classroom. (2) These materials were designed for use with AGRICULTURAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC RECORDS FOR RURAL HOUSEHOLDS IN THE NORTH, 1860 (ICPSR 9426) (link). (3) The data are provided as an SPSS portable file, which was created from the ASCII data available from ICPSR 9426. (4) The codebook and handout are provided by ICPSR as MSWord and Portable Document Format (PDF) files. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided on the ICPSR Web site.
 

Methodology

Sample:Judgmental sample of eight Black infantry regiments in the Union Army. The sample represents slightly under 5 percent of all Black troops and has wide regional coverage within the Southern states.
 
Data Source:Union Army Regimental Records
 

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Restrictions:SIMI instructional modules are to be used at ICPSR member institutions only. They may not be redistributed without the express written permission of ICPSR.
 
Original ICPSR Release:2004-02-27
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: Union Army Recruits in Black Regiments in the United States, 1862-1865: [Instructional Materials]
 

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