Marais des Cygnes KS004

supportedunresolved Price says he and Marmaduke believed the enemy was moving on their right by Mound City, relying on a captured dispatch and on recruits' reports that no enemy was in the rear, so he expected any attack in front or on the right. Britton says Sanborn declined to attack in the night because he did not know the ground.

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

supportedunresolved Price says his army marched thirty-three miles on the 24th to camp on the Marais des Cygnes. Britton says Sanborn's men had been on duty all night in the rain and fighting until ten without food for men or horses.

March distances and fatigue only; no supply return.

supportedunresolved Britton says Curtis wanted to keep Price moving by firing into his rear but Pleasonton proposed to overtake and crush him, and that Moonlight was sent down the state line to keep Price out of Kansas.

Stated aims from a history.

supportedpost_outcome The frozen and live results read Union victory. NPS says the Federals forced the Confederates to withdraw; Britton says the Confederates were driven from the mounds and across the river and fell back. Price's report does not describe this action.

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

supportedpost_outcome The frozen casualty text reads Unknown and the live field zero. No inspected passage gives a loss figure.

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 Britton says Sanborn ordered the attack on the mounds and Pleasonton came up at dawn and directed the crossing, while Marmaduke, commanding the Confederate rear, withdrew. NPS says Pleasonton commanded in the field. The frozen commanders are Major Generals John S. Marmaduke and James F. Fagan and Major General Alfred Pleasonton; the live page lists Pleasonton and Marmaduke.

Command roles from a history, a summary and an interested report; no 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.

supportedunresolved The frozen force field reads Provisional cavalry division and cavalry division; the live field reads zero. NPS says the Federals were outnumbered. Britton says Sanborn's brigade led, with Gravely's Sixth and Eighth Missouri State Militia and the Fourth Iowa taking the mounds, then Mitchell's and McMahan's militia, Phelps's Second Arkansas and three companies of the Second Colorado forcing the ford, with Philips's and Benteen's brigades coming up. Price says Fagan's and Marmaduke's divisions formed his rear guard.

Unit identifications and a qualitative statement; no count for either side. None is adopted as a matched opening strength. The live zero is not measured absence.

supportedunresolved Britton says the military road north of the river ran through a gap between two high mounds, each over half a mile long, which the Confederates held, the left mound so steep the men could hardly keep their footing; the Confederates tried to block the ford's exit with felled trees, and the approach was made in darkness and rain.

Ground described by a history; no map verification.