Ringgold Gap GA005

supportedunresolved Cleburne quotes Bragg's order saying the commanding general was not thoroughly advised of the situation in the rear, says he had scarcely half an hour to make his dispositions, and infers from the attack's speed that the Federals had a concerted plan and guides; Polk learned of a flank movement from a fleeing straggler.

Attributed knowledge and inference from the Confederate commander's report. The order is signed by George Wm. Brent as Assistant Adjutant-General; calling it Bragg's rests on Brent's Army of Tennessee title in Cleburne's address line and on Bragg's command of that army.

supportedunresolved Cleburne says he postponed crossing the East Chickamauga, nearly waist-deep on a freezing night, until morning; that the army's immense train was still struggling through the fords behind the ridge; and that he withdrew both guns by hand and fired the bridges behind him.

Movement statements from the Confederate commander's report; no return inspected.

supportedunresolved Bragg's order, quoted by Cleburne, directed him to take a strong position in the gorge and check the pursuit until the trains and rear were well advanced; Cleburne says Hardee told him about noon that he might safely withdraw. NPS says Hooker sent his force to seize the ridge.

Stated orders and aims from the Confederate commander and a summary; not a causal estimate. The order is signed by George Wm. Brent as Assistant Adjutant-General; calling it Bragg's rests on Brent's Army of Tennessee title in Cleburne's address line and on Bragg's command of that army.

disputedpost_outcome The frozen and live results read Confederate victory. NPS says Hooker's force failed to seize the ridge after five hours of heavy fighting. Cist says the Confederates were driven from the pass after a heavy fight of over an hour. Cleburne says he withdrew in the early afternoon once the train was safe, and that the enemy ceased pursuit.

Retain the original result and engagement interval; later movements and campaign contribution are different measures. No new probabilities or individual causal credit. NPS's and Cist's accounts of the outcome and its duration conflict.

disputedpost_outcome The frozen casualty text reads 912 (US 432; CS 480); the live field reads 728 (US 507; CS 221). Cleburne gives his loss as 20 killed, 190 wounded and 11 missing, which sum to 221 (a computation here), the live Confederate figure. Cist speaks of considerable loss on both sides.

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 match with the live figure does not establish its derivation.

supportedunresolved Cleburne credits Polk, Lowrey, Govan, Granbury and Lieutenant Goldthwaite, and says he decided to withdraw after consulting Breckinridge and Wheeler. Cist says Hooker's advance struck the enemy in the pass. The frozen and live commanders are Major Generals Cleburne and Hooker.

Command roles from interested accounts; the frozen commanders do not receive automatic sole credit.

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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.

supportedunresolved The frozen force field reads 'Three divisions [US]; one division [CS]'; the live field reads zero. Cleburne says he took into the fight 545 in Polk's brigade, 1,330 in Lowrey's ('1 1,330' in OCR), 1,266 in Smith's and 1,016 in Liddell's, a total of 4,157 bayonets, which the components match (a computation here). He gives no count for the pursuing Federals.

Cleburne's figure is his own engaged infantry; no Union count is inspected. None is adopted as matched opening strength.

supportedunresolved Cleburne describes Ringgold on a plain before Taylor's Ridge, cut by a narrow gap about half a mile through that carried the railroad, a wagon road and a creek, with three fords or bridges behind it, and calls it a most dangerous position if either flank were turned; he hid two guns behind screens of branches. NPS says the railroad passed through Taylor's Ridge there.

Natural ground and positions and screens chosen on the day; no inherited tag is used. No map verification.