Lovejoy's Station GA021

supportedunresolved Kilpatrick says he found himself completely enveloped by cavalry, infantry and artillery within twenty minutes, and on the 23rd disputed the impression at headquarters that little damage had been done to the railroad. Cox says Hood had sufficient notice to send Jackson. NPS calls Sherman unconcerned about Wheeler's absence.

Attributed knowledge from an interested report, a history and a summary; no message log inspected.

supportedunresolved Kilpatrick says his command fought the infantry for an hour and forty minutes and retired only when it had just enough ammunition left to secure the retreat, and that one gun burst and another was thrown into Cotton Indian Creek when its carriage was disabled. NPS says the raiders burned great amounts of supplies at the Jonesborough depot on the 19th.

Condition statements from an interested report and a summary; no ordnance return inspected.

supportedunresolved Kilpatrick says the raid's purpose was to attack and destroy the enemy's communications; Cox says Kilpatrick was sent to make a lasting break in the Macon road, and that Sherman then concluded only a movement in force would give permanent results.

Stated aims from interested accounts; not a causal estimate.

disputedpost_outcome The frozen and live results read Confederate victory. Kilpatrick says he was repulsed at the station, then routed Jackson's division in 'the most perfect rout any cavalry has sustained during the war', and destroyed four miles of the Macon road. Cox says no permanent interruption of the railway was made; NPS says the raiders fled to prevent encirclement and the line was running again in two days.

Retain the original result and engagement interval; later movements and campaign contribution are different measures. No new probabilities or individual causal credit. Kilpatrick's rout claim conflicts with the frozen result and the NPS account.

disputedpost_outcome The frozen casualty text reads Unknown; the live field reads 477 (US 237; CS 240). Kilpatrick says his whole loss on the raid would not exceed 300, of whom 200 were killed and wounded; that he captured 4 guns (3 destroyed, 1 brought off) and 3 flags; and that the enemy's killed and wounded were known to be large.

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. Kilpatrick's figure covers August 18-22, not the frozen date alone.

supportedunresolved Kilpatrick says he and his command were saved at the repulse by Minty, Long and Estes, and that Minty's and Murray's charges broke through. Cox says Kilpatrick did some brilliant fighting. The frozen commanders are Brigadier General William H. Jackson and Brigadier General H. Judson Kilpatrick; the live page gives Brigadier General Hugh Kilpatrick and Brigadier General William Jackson.

Attributed judgments from an interested report and history; Minty and Long are not listed commanders; 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.

disputedunresolved The frozen force fields name Kilpatrick's and Jackson's cavalry divisions without counts; the live field reads zero. Kilpatrick says he set out with his own division, two brigades of the Second Division and two batteries, 4,500 men; that Ross's brigade was 1,100 strong and Jackson's division 4,000; and that at Lovejoy's he met a brigade of infantry. NPS names Cleburne's division as the infantry. Cox says Hood sent Jackson to meet the raid.

One-side and estimated figures; the infantry's scope differs (brigade against division). None is adopted. The live zero is not measured absence.

supportedunresolved Kilpatrick says the Confederates built long lines of barricades on every side while his men remounted, that the Flint River bridge was burned before him on the 19th, and that his command swam Cotton Indian Creek and crossed South River on the 21st.

Ground from an interested report; no map verification. The barricades were built during the action and are not tagged inherited.