LaFourche Crossing LA012

supportedunresolved Stickney says his cavalry scouts returned without intelligence, that proper scouting would have saved the Thibodeaux detachment, and that smoke held low by the damp air hid the enemy's distance and numbers; he judged Brashear City safe for a day or two. Irwin says Sage's detachment fell back without giving timely notice of Major's march.

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

supportedunresolved Stickney says heavy rain drenched his men for most of June 21, that he fired packages of musket ammunition from the 6-pounder for want of canister, and that the train waiting on the track left without orders when the fight began. Irwin says Major captured about 100 Union soldiers, mostly convalescents, at Thibodeaux.

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

supportedunresolved NPS says Taylor sent Major to break Union supply lines and force withdrawals from Brashear City and Port Hudson; Irwin gives Taylor's plan of Major's raid combined with the surprise of Brashear, and says Major set out on June 22 to force his way to Brashear. Stickney went to the crossing on Emory's order to reinforce it.

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. Stickney says the Confederates retreated toward Thibodeaux about 8 p.m. leaving many dead and wounded; Irwin says the attack was thrown off. NPS says Major's raiders went on to Brashear City.

Retain the original result and engagement interval; later movements and campaign contribution are different measures. No new probabilities or individual causal credit. The raid's later success at Brashear City is campaign context.

disputedpost_outcome The frozen casualty text reads 267 total (US 48; CS 219); the live field reads 268 total (US 49; CS 219). Stickney's table totals 8 killed and 41 wounded (49); he counted 53 Confederate dead inside the pickets, found nearly 60 wounded at Thibodeaux, and inferred a loss of about 300 killed and wounded from an assumed ratio. Irwin gives 8 and 41 and quotes a regimental history's 108 dead delivered and 40 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. Stickney's 300 is his inference, not a count.

supportedunresolved Irwin says Emory placed Stickney in command of the district without regard to rank; Stickney says he offered the command to the senior Sawtell, who refused, and arrested a major for hiding. Irwin and Stickney credit Major Morgan of the 176th New York; Stickney says the chargers were mostly Pyron's regiment. The frozen commanders are Colonel James P. Major and Lieutenant Colonel Albert Stickney, as on the live page.

Command roles from a history and an interested report; 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 reads 838 men from eight regiments [US] and 2nd Cavalry Brigade [CS]; the frozen Union bound is 838 and the live field reads 838 total (US 838; CS 0). Stickney says his force was about 502 on the evening of June 20, that Sawtell arrived with 306 men that night, and that his actual force in the fight was 838, of whom only about 600 were engaged; he estimates the Confederates in the charge at about 600. Irwin repeats the 838 by organization, says Major reported Pyron's attacking regiment as 206 strong, and that Cahill's arrival on June 22 gave Stickney about 1,100 (printed 'i,icxD' in OCR).

Stickney's 838 is a force present on June 21 and his 600 an engaged estimate; the Confederate figures differ (600 estimated against 206 reported for one regiment). Irwin repeats Stickney's 838. None is adopted as a matched opening strength. The live Confederate zero is not measured absence.

supportedunresolved Stickney describes a levee about twelve feet high carrying the railroad over the bayou, level open country covered with tall grass that he had cut, and slight earthworks nowhere over two feet high; Irwin calls the levee a natural fortification.

Ground described by an interested report and a history that follows it; no map verification. The levee predates the action; the earthworks were Stickney's.