Blair's Landing LA020

supportedunresolved Irwin says a cavalry squadron brought Kilby Smith word of the battles of April 8-9 and Banks's order to return, and that a second, written recall reached him at Coushatta Chute. Taylor says he was certain news of Banks's defeat would send the fleet down and that Green was informed of the fleet's position and movements.

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

supportedunresolved Irwin says the transports carried Kilby Smith's division and a large quantity of military stores; NPS says the boats carried supplies and armament, that defenders used cotton bales and sacks of oats as cover, and that the convoy brought badly needed supplies to Grand Ecore. Taylor says the want of a pontoon delayed Green's and Bagby's crossings of Bayou Pierre.

Descriptions of cargo and equipment; no manifest or ordnance return.

supportedunresolved Taylor says the importance of reaching Blair's Landing ahead of the fleet was impressed on Green and that Bagby was sent to Grand Bayou; Irwin says Bagby was sent to cut off the fleet and that the news left the fleet nothing but to go back down the river with all speed. Irwin also judges that Banks would have done better to cover Blair's Landing.

Stated aims from an interested report and a history; Irwin's judgment is retrospective.

supportedpost_outcome The frozen result reads Union victory and the live result Union Victory. Irwin says Kilby Smith and Porter drove off the attackers by sunset without great loss; Taylor says the loss on the crowded transports was terrible and that the whole fleet would have been captured but for Green's death; NPS says the Confederates withdrew and most transports continued downriver.

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 reads 207 total (US 7; CS 200); the live field reads 117 (US 60; CS 57). Irwin says Kilby Smith's division lost 19 above Grand Ecore, a figure covering the whole voyage, and that Porter mentions only one; Green was among the Confederate killed. Taylor calls the loss on the transports terrible and says several raised the white flag.

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. Irwin's 19 covers the voyage above Grand Ecore, not only April 12-13.

supportedunresolved Taylor says Green marched for Blair's Landing at 'G p. m.' (OCR; probably 6 p.m.) of the 11th and styles him Major General, while Irwin says Green marched from Pleasant Hill early on the morning of the 11th; Irwin says Kilby Smith and Porter responded to the attack together; NPS credits Smith's men with ingenuity in defending the boats. Taylor says Liddell engaged the fleet from the east bank on the 11th-13th. The frozen commanders are Brigadier General Tom Green, Brigadier General Thomas Kilby Smith and Rear Admiral David D. Porter; the live page lists Green and Thomas Smith, both as Brigadier General.

Command roles from an interested report, a history and a summary; the listed commanders do not receive automatic sole credit, and no rank is adopted. The time of Green's departure differs between Taylor and Irwin and is unresolved.

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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 reads Provisional division, XVII Army Corps, Army transports, and U.S. Navy Mississippi Squadron [US] and Green's Cavalry Division [CS]; the live field reads zero. Irwin and Taylor identify Green's force as Woods's and Gould's regiments and Parsons's brigade, with four batteries named by Irwin. Irwin says six gunboats convoyed twenty transports bearing Kilby Smith's division when the ascent from Grand Ecore began on April 7; Taylor's report says the fleet that passed Grand Bayou Landing on the morning of the 9th was about thirty vessels, only five carrying troops.

Unit identifications and vessel counts that differ; neither count describes the fleet at Blair's Landing on April 12. No personnel count for either side. None is adopted as a matched opening strength. The live zero is not measured absence.

supportedunresolved Irwin says Green caught the rear of the transport fleet at a disadvantage in the bend between the high banks, after the fleet had been retarded by low water; Taylor says Bayou Pierre, crossed by ferries, was 300 feet wide at the narrowest and never fordable. NPS says Green found grounded and damaged transports and gunboats.

River and bank conditions from a history, an interested report and a summary; no map or gauge record inspected.