Hill's Plantation AR003

supportedunresolved Hovey says he had only the most imperfect idea of the enemy's strategy and the ground, learned the size of the enemy force only afterwards, and heard a Confederate order to charge the corn field that was not carried out. Hindman says no report of the affair was ever received though often called for.

Reported knowledge; Hindman's statement limits his own account. No message chain inspected.

supportedunresolved NPS says Curtis moved on Helena for supplies promised but never delivered by the Navy. Hindman says he learned on June 24 that Curtis was almost destitute of supplies, ordered Rust to destroy all supplies and growing crops and pollute the water, and that the instructions were not executed; the reinforcements he meant to lead were armed with pikes and lances until guns arrived.

A summary and a retrospective Confederate account; no supply return inspected.

supportedunresolved Hovey sent Harris to reconnoiter ahead of the lines. Hindman ordered Rust to take position on Cache River, which Curtis had to cross, with instructions to resist to the last extremity. NPS says the Confederates tried to prevent Curtis's change of supply base by continual skirmishing.

Stated aims; not evaluated.

supportedpost_outcome The frozen and live results are Union victory. Hovey says the retreat became a rout and 'the day was ours'. Hindman says Rust's command retreated in great disorder across White River after about thirty minutes, with many desertions. NPS says Curtis was able to change his supply base while Hindman remained between Curtis and Little Rock.

Retain the original result and engagement interval; later movements and campaign contribution are different measures. No new probabilities or individual causal credit.

disputedpost_outcome Frozen: 308 total (US 63; CS 245). Live: 313 total (US 63; CS 250). Hovey gives 6 killed and 57 wounded (63, a computation, equal to both US figures), 123 Confederate dead found, and prisoners' estimate of more than 200 dead; he has no count of Confederate wounded or prisoners. Hindman gives no figures.

Original casualty returns were not inspected; preserve totals, categories, cutoffs and differences. No canonical reconciliation or casualty-based opening count; related actions must not be added without resolving population overlap. The frozen and live CS figures are not found in the inspected passages.

supportedunresolved The frozen rows list Hindman (Major General) and Parsons (Colonel) for the Confederates and Hovey (Colonel) and Benton (Brigadier General) for the Union; the live page styles Hovey and Hindman Brigadier General. Hovey directed Harris's reconnaissance and the corn-field stand, and says Benton pursued 5 or 6 miles with reinforcements late in the afternoon. Hindman was not on the field; he says Curtis's advance attacked Rust, whom Hovey also names as commander. The inspected passages do not name Parsons for July 7.

Hindman's listed role is district command at a distance; Rust, not a listed commander, is named on the field by both sources. No listed commander receives automatic sole credit.

unknownunresolved

No inspected return establishes matched personnel at a common opening boundary. The frozen side-specific numerical strength bounds are blank (missing_numeric_strength). No figure in this pass is adopted as a simultaneous opening force.

disputedunresolved The frozen force field names the 1st and 2nd Brigades, 1st Division, Army of the Southwest against an unknown Confederate force; the live field reads zero. Hovey says Harris's reconnaissance had a little less than 400 men, that the loyal force engaged was less than 400, joined at the close by about 200 cavalry, and that the Texas force engaged was not far from 2,000 (he had learned over 2,000 were in line), supported by a larger reserve under Rust. Hindman (1863) says Rust's command on Cache River amounted to about 5,000 effectives.

A detachment count, a reinforcement estimate, an estimate of the enemy and a command-wide figure; Rust's 5,000 is not an engaged count. None is adopted as a matched opening strength. The live zero is not measured absence.

supportedunresolved Hovey says Harris fell into an ambush in woods swarming with Confederates whose main line was concealed by thick underbrush; he moved his infantry into a corn field, a position that proved good, and held it. Hindman says streams in that country at that season are few and sluggish. NPS says the Confederates made a stand at the Cache River.

Ground described by an interested report and a retrospective account; no map verification. Phase unresolved.