Perryville KY009

supportedunresolved NPS says Buell did not know what was happening on the field; Cist says McCook did not report the attack for two hours, and that Bragg's orders assumed Buell's wings were sixty miles apart.

Retrospective accounts of knowledge, not inspected message chains. The NPS statement that Buell would otherwise have sent reserves is an attributed counterfactual, not an estimated effect.

supportedunresolved Cist says water shortages delayed Thomas's corps, led to a fight for creek pools, and prompted Rousseau's advance to obtain water; NPS says Bragg was short of men and supplies when he withdrew.

Descriptions of water and supply constraints, not inspected returns. The NPS supply statement is post-outcome context.

disputedunresolved Cist says Buell intended to attack on the 8th if possible, and says Bragg ordered Polk to attack and rout the Federal force, but also says Bragg's intention was only to check Buell's advance.

Both are attributed intentions from one retrospective history, with an unresolved tension about Bragg's aim. No original order was inspected.

supportedpost_outcome The frozen result remains Union strategic victory; the live NPS field reads Union Victory (strategic). NPS and Cist both describe Confederate withdrawal during the night.

Retain the original result and engagement interval; later movements and campaign contribution are different measures. No new probabilities or individual causal credit. The strategic label and later withdrawal are not a tactical margin.

disputedpost_outcome The frozen casualty text reads 7,407 total (US 4,211; CS 3,196); the live NPS field reads 7607 total (US 4211; CS 3396;). Cist gives Buell's reported loss as 4,348 with components 916 killed, 2,943 wounded and 189 missing, which sum to 4,048, and quotes Bragg's estimate of not less than 2,500.

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. Cist's total and components do not agree in the OCR; the printed page was not checked.

disputedunresolved Cist says the engaged Confederates were under Polk's immediate command, quoting Bragg's October 12 report that he declined to assume command and his May 1863 report that he later put the troops in motion.

Bragg's two reports, as quoted by Cist, conflict about his role. The quotations are not separately inspected originals. The frozen commander, Bragg, is not automatically assigned the Confederate result. The live heading ranks Bragg as Major General, against the frozen General; the heading is not adopted.

supportedunresolved Cist says Thomas, arriving with Crittenden's corps, was directed to take position on the right and wait for orders, and waited the entire day without receiving any; apart from Wagner's brigade of Wood's division, Crittenden's corps was not engaged. Only part of Gilbert's corps was engaged and McCook's corps bore the attack.

Retrospective account of command use. Cist reports one brigade of Crittenden's corps engaged, so that corps was largely, not wholly, unengaged. Whether Thomas's wait without orders reflects Buell's choice, missing information or both is not adjudicated; Buell is not assigned the tactical result automatically.

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.

disputedunresolved The frozen force field names armies without counts. The live NPS field reads 55000 total (US 55000; CS 0;), and the narrative says Buell's army numbered nearly 55,000 on October 7. Cist reports Buell's pre-battle 58,000 effective men, less than half in action, and Hardee's attacking divisions as some 16,000.

Army totals, reported effectives and engaged fractions are different populations. Live zero is not measured absence; no figure is adopted as matched opening strength.

supportedunresolved Cist says Buell claimed 22,000 of his men were raw, undrilled troops, and describes Terrill's troops as nearly all new.

Attributed claim about composition, not a readiness score or inspected return.

supportedunresolved Cist says Confederates considered the Maxville road crossing of Doctor's Creek the key to McCook's position, and describes the left's strong ground and stone fences.

Retrospective position description; no map was verified. Attack choices and position use may be commander-created.