Rowlett's Station KY004

supportedunresolved Hindman halted concealed from the enemy's view and saw no Union force or pickets before advancing. Willich says at the alarm his company commanders ignored his instructions and all rushed over the bridge; he reports the enemy's claim of 40 of their own killed and 200 of his.

Knowledge and alarm response from the two reports; no message log inspected.

disputedunresolved Willich says the pontoon bridge finished on the evening of the 15th let his regiment cross to support the pickets; NPS says it was built for trains and artillery and completed on December 17.

Crossing means from an interested report and a summary; not a supply return. The two completion dates differ; neither is adopted.

supportedunresolved Hindman moved to break up the railroad south of Woodsonville; Willich's companies were posted to protect the bridge repairs.

Stated aims from the two reports.

disputedpost_outcome The frozen and live results read Indecisive. Willich says the Rangers disappeared in wild disorder and the enemy infantry and artillery withdrew in haste; Hindman says the enemy made no further attempt to advance and he withdrew knowing they had crossed in force; NPS says the Confederates withdrew knowing of McCook's approach.

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 and the live field read 131 (US 40; CS 91). Willich reports 1 officer and 10 men dead, 22 wounded and 5 missing. Hindman reports Terry and 3 men killed and 4 dangerously and 6 slightly wounded, estimates the enemy's loss at 75 killed left on the ground and holds 7 prisoners.

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 The frozen commanders are Brigadier General Thomas C. Hindman and Colonel August Willich. Willich was at division headquarters when the alarm came; Lieutenant Colonel Von Trebra ordered the companies forward, and Willich arrived later, took the right wing and ordered the fall-back signal. Hindman, whose report narrates the first exchange of skirmish fire, went to choose a camp during a lull of about half an hour, leaving Colonel Terry in command, and the firing recommenced before he returned; he later withdrew his command.

By their own reports, Willich was at division headquarters when the general alarm was given, and Hindman was away choosing a camp when the skirmish fire recommenced after a lull; no automatic sole credit.

unknownunresolved

No inspected return establishes matched personnel at a common opening boundary. Imported numerical estimates remain unchanged; this pass does not validate them as simultaneous opening forces.

disputedunresolved The frozen force field names the 32nd Indiana and gives the Confederates (Terry's Rangers, the 7th Texas Cavalry and the 1st Arkansas Battalion) about 1,350; the live field reads US 0 and CS 1,350. Hindman reports 1,100 infantry, 250 cavalry and four guns. Willich says 3 field, 1 staff and 16 line officers, 23 sergeants and 375 men took part against one Texas regiment, two infantry regiments and a six-gun battery at least seven times as strong. Hindman says the enemy crossed in force more than double his own, and that Terry charged about 300 with 75 Rangers.

The CWSAC 1,350 equals Hindman's 1,100 and 250; its basis is not stated and the match is not corroboration. Hindman's report does not name a 7th Texas Cavalry. None is adopted as a matched opening strength. The live US zero is not measured absence.

supportedunresolved Hindman says a strip of timber bordered the river with fields between it and his cavalry, and that he meant to decoy the enemy up the hill out of range of the Union batteries. Willich's pickets were south of the Green River beyond the railroad bridge.

Ground from the two reports; no map verification.