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supportedunresolved Early says it became apparent before his assault that the enemy had been strongly reinforced and that he knew the Sixth Corps had arrived. Pond says Early knew from prisoners that troops had been sent from Grant's army and saw troops filing into the works. Wright, at 4.10 p.m. on the 11th, believed the enemy near Fort Stevens only a very light skirmish line. Early says Northern reports greatly exaggerated his force.

Attributed knowledge from interested accounts and a history; no message log inspected.

supportedunresolved Early says his men marched thirty miles on July 10 in heat and dust, that on the 11th many fell out and the rest arrived almost completely exhausted, and that with troops gathering around him he would find it difficult to get supplies. He reports over 1,000 horses brought off and $220,000 levied at Hagerstown and Frederick. Pond says men fell by the wayside, exhausted and half suffocated.

Interested and retrospective descriptions of condition, not a readiness measure; the levy and horses are campaign totals.

supportedunresolved Early says he first determined to assault, then, after consulting his division commanders, judged that even a successful assault would cost his whole force, and reluctantly decided to retire. Wright proposed to send a brigade against the skirmish line; Augur did not consider an advance advisable until the lines were better established.

Stated aims from interested accounts; the effect of the demonstration on Grant's lines is campaign context.

disputedpost_outcome The frozen result reads Union victory and the live result Union Victory. Pond says the July 12 attack expelled Early's skirmishers from the Rives house and drove his pickets back a mile; Early says his reinforced skirmishers repulsed the enemy three times, and that he retired after night in entire good order and without loss.

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

disputedpost_outcome The frozen casualty text reads 874 total; the live field reads 873 (US 373; CS 500). Pond gives the attacking brigade a loss of 250 and 280 for the force engaged on July 12, Hardin's division 73 killed and wounded over the two days, and the total Union loss in the demonstration between 400 and 500; he says about 30 Confederate dead and 70 seriously wounded were left behind. Early's report gives no loss for July 11-12.

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 Early decided on withdrawal after consulting his division commanders. Pond says Augur had placed the collected troops in the forts with McCook in command, that Wright held his corps in reserve subject to McCook's orders, and that on July 12 Wright pushed out Bidwell's brigade, which advanced at a sign from Wright on the parapet. The frozen commanders are Lieutenant General Early and Major Generals Horatio G. Wright and Alexander McDowell McCook; the live page lists Wright and Early (as Major General) only.

Command roles from an interested report and a history; no listed commander receives automatic sole credit, and the live rank is not adopted.

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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 Divisions; the live field reads zero. Early says his infantry did not exceed 10,000, Breckinridge's (nominally much larger) not over 2,500 muskets. Pond quotes Barnard that about 20,400 men were available, of whom only 9,000, mostly raw, garrisoned the defences, and he lists later arrivals: the Sixth Corps put 900 men on picket, Meigs reported 1,500 armed employees and Price 2,800 convalescents. He says 800 men of Emory's division arrived with the Sixth Corps.

Early's figure is his own statement of infantry; the Union figures are availability, garrison and arrival counts at different times of July 10-11, not the force engaged on July 12. None is adopted as a matched opening strength. The live zero is not measured absence.

supportedinherited Early says the fortifications were very strong: inclosed forts connected by breastworks, with ditches, palisades and abatis, every approach swept by artillery cross-fire including heavy guns. Pond names Fort Stevens in Early's front, De Russy to the west and Slocum to the east, and says the Rives house on rising ground, with shade trees and an orchard, covered the Confederate sharpshooters.

The works existed when Early arrived, per both accounts, and are tagged inherited for this engagement; the Rives house cover was occupied during it. No map verification.