Jenkins' Ferry AR016

supportedunresolved Britton says the rear guard had captured no one who could tell the strength or commander of the pursuing force, and that Steele supposed it was Fagan's. Price says volunteers had to reconnoiter the Union position and that a section of Ruffner's battery, mistaking the enemy's line for its own, was pushed forward and lost.

Attributed knowledge from a history and an interested report.

supportedunresolved Britton says the pontoon bridge was laid in under three hours, the Union rations were exhausted that morning, men used sixty to one hundred rounds each, and many wagons stuck in the mud were abandoned; NPS says many wagons were abandoned in the swamp. Price says his infantry's ammunition gave out and his line fell back.

Retrospective and interested statements; no ordnance or quartermaster return.

supportedunresolved Britton says the Union council resolved to evacuate Camden and fall back to Little Rock, and that Salomon was left on the west bank to cover the crossing of the trains; Kirby Smith and Price pursued hoping to overtake the army before it crossed the Saline.

Stated aims from a history.

disputedpost_outcome The frozen result reads Union victory in retreat and the live result Union Victory. Price says the enemy yielded the ground, leaving dead, wounded, wagons and pontoons; Britton says Steele repulsed every assault and then withdrew across the river unmolested; NPS says the Federals repulsed the attacks and crossed.

Retain the original result and engagement interval; later movements and campaign contribution are different measures. No new probabilities or individual causal credit. NPS's statement that the Confederates bungled a chance to destroy Steele's army is a counterfactual judgment.

disputedpost_outcome The frozen casualty text reads 964 total (US 521; CS 443); the live field reads 1700 (US 700; CS 1000). Britton gives the Union loss as 86 killed, 500 wounded and 61 missing; cites Cunningham for a Confederate loss of about 800 killed and wounded; gives incomplete returns for Price's three divisions of 99 killed and 437 wounded; and guesses Walker's loss was nearly as large. Price says two guns of Ruffner's battery were lost.

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.

supportedunresolved Price says Kirby Smith assumed command of the Army of Arkansas in person on April 26 and conducted its later operations, Price commanding the Arkansas and Missouri infantry divisions. Britton says Kirby Smith sent Dockery north of Toxie Creek and still had Walker's division to commit, that Rice posted the Union line, and that Steele sent Salomon three regiments. The frozen commanders are General E. Kirby Smith and Major General Frederick Steele; the live page gives Edmund Smith as Lieutenant General.

Command roles from an interested report and a history; the listed commanders do not receive automatic sole credit, and no rank is adopted.

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 reads Department of Arkansas [US] and Army of Arkansas [CS]; the live field reads zero. Britton says Steele had not more than 4000 men on the field and that Kirby Smith, with ten brigades, must have had nearly 10,000 at an estimated 1,000 per brigade; he says the three infantry divisions from Louisiana numbered about eight thousand on arrival near Camden. Price says Churchill's division fought greatly outnumbered.

Retrospective estimates, one derived from an assumed brigade strength, and an interested statement; no return. None is adopted as a matched opening strength. The live zero is not measured absence.

supportedunresolved NPS says the Saline was swollen by heavy rain. Price describes swampy ground with dense woods and undergrowth, and boggy ground almost impassable for guns. Britton says the Union right rested on Toxie Creek and the left on a flooded swamp, so the attackers had to cross an open field.

Ground and weather described by a summary, an interested report and a history; no map verification.