Civil War Baseball League Poll 2: Teams

[Daern]

Hey all!

Should I organize teams by:

1.) States--using the 1860 U.S. census to choose the states with the highest populations?

2.) Cities, using the most strategically important cities? If you have data on city populations, PLEASE SHARE IT! It would be incredibly helpful.

3.) Armies, as they were divided during the war?

[Daern]

Forgot to do a poll...DOH!

Could y'all just post real quick with your choices?

[Daern]

Isn't it fascinating how people will stop and vote in a poll but not post in a thread?

[Mr. Baseball]

Armys as they were divided in the civil war is my pick.

[Good_Vibes]

Yes, by armies. I'd definitely be interested in reading that.

[CatKnight]

If you do go by cities, you can go by US Census data at:
(1860) http://www.census.gov/population/www...0027/tab09.txt
(1870) http://www.census.gov/population/www...0027/tab10.txt

Here are the top 25 from 1860:

   1   New York city, NY *................    813,669
   2   Philadelphia city, PA *............    565,529
   3   Brooklyn city, NY *................    266,661
   4   Baltimore city, MD.................    212,418
   5   Boston city, MA *..................    177,840

   6   New Orleans city, LA *.............    168,675
   7   Cincinnati city, OH................    161,044
   8   St. Louis city, MO.................    160,773
   9   Chicago city, IL...................    112,172
  10   Buffalo city, NY...................     81,129
                                                      
  11   Newark city, NJ....................     71,941
  12   Louisville city, KY................     68,033
  13   Albany city, NY....................     62,367
  14   Washington city, DC */c..............     61,122
  15   San Francisco city, CA.............     56,802

  16   Providence city, RI *..............     50,666
  17   Pittsburgh city, PA *..............     49,221
  18   Rochester city, NY.................     48,204
  19   Detroit city, MI...................     45,619
  20   Milwaukee city, WI.................     45,246
                                                      
  21   Cleveland city, OH.................     43,417
  22   Charleston city, SC................     40,522
  23   New Haven city, CT.................     39,267
  24   Troy city, NY......................     39,235
  25   Richmond city, VA..................     37,910

[DUBBOH11]

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