Georgia Landing LA005

supportedunresolved Mouton says he learned late on October 25 that gunboats and transports were moving up the river, and was informed that the enemy would move simultaneously by Donaldsonville, Des Allemands and Berwick Bay; Irwin says the country offered few points from which positions and numbers could be made out.

Attributed knowledge from an interested report and a history; no scouting reports inspected.

supportedunresolved NPS says the Confederates ran out of artillery ammunition; Mouton says Ralston's battery was badly injured and its ammunition gave out, and that an engineer's refusal to run the train without written orders delayed the concentration of Vick's command. Irwin says the operation needed light gunboats, which Butler had built with army funds.

Supply statements from a summary, an interested report and a history; not returns.

supportedunresolved NPS gives Butler's aims as eliminating the Confederate threat, securing sugar and cotton and gaining a base; Irwin says Butler committed to Weitzel the dislodging of Taylor and occupation of La Fourche. Mouton says his object, had he united his force, was a desperate resistance, but when reinforcements failed he could only maneuver and save his force.

Stated aims from a summary, a history and an interested report.

supportedpost_outcome The frozen result reads Union victory and the live result Union Victory. Irwin says Mouton's force was compelled to retreat after a short engagement. Mouton says that when Ralston's battery was badly injured and out of ammunition "they" fell back in some confusion owing to the loss of their commander; he reports Ralston, commanding the battery, wounded and captured, and says Armant, who commanded the troops, fell back in perfect order. NPS says the withdrawal opened this portion of the Lafourche.

Retain the original result and engagement interval; later movements and campaign contribution are different measures. No new probabilities or individual causal credit. The evacuation of the district is campaign context. Mouton's report does not make clear whether the confused withdrawal was the battery's or the right-bank infantry's; the two statements are kept as written.

disputedpost_outcome The frozen casualty text reads 315 total (US 86; CS 229), and the live field agrees. Mouton reports 5 killed, 8 wounded and 186 missing and estimates the enemy's loss at 250 to 300 on a paroled officer's information. Irwin repeats Mouton's 199 and says Weitzel claimed 208 prisoners and gave his own loss as 18 killed and 74 wounded, with 5 missing in the nominal lists, 97 in all.

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 Mouton says Colonel Armant of the 18th commanded the troops on the right bank and disposed them with ability; Irwin says Weitzel pursued for about four miles. The frozen commanders are Brigadier Generals Alfred Mouton and Godfrey Weitzel, as on the live page.

Command roles from an interested report and a history; the listed commanders do not receive 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 lists eight Confederate units (approx. 1,392 men) against the Reserve brigade, Department of the Gulf, and the frozen Confederate bound is 1,392; the live field reads 5392 total (US 4000; CS 1392) and NPS says Butler organized a brigade of about 4,000 men. Mouton's return-based table totals 1,392 for both banks, with 594 in the 33d Regiment and 150 in the 2d Louisiana Cavalry. Mouton gives Vincent's information of 2,500 to 3,000 enemy infantry, 250 cavalry and two batteries, an enemy of 1,500 to 1,800 on each bank, and at the close of the day about 2,000 infantry, 100 cavalry and a battery against his own barely 1,000. Irwin says Mouton reported 1,392 and names the outlying La Fourche regiment of 500 and 300 men of the 33d.

Mouton's 1,392 is a return figure for troops on both banks before the fight; the Union figures are NPS's organization figure and Mouton's estimates for different moments. Irwin repeats Mouton's figure and is not an independent check. None is adopted as a matched opening strength.

supportedunresolved Mouton says the enemy advanced on both banks in about equal force, so he held positions on both sides of the bayou; NPS says his force was divided, generally without means of concentrating. Irwin describes narrow standing room along the bayous and low, heavily wooded ground crossed by deep ditches, where positions and numbers were hard to make out. Mouton says the enemy crossed troops by pontoon bridge to the right bank.

Ground described by an interested report, a history and a summary; no map verification. The division across the bayou was Mouton's response to the advance, so the phase is left unresolved.