Folck's Mill MD008

supportedunresolved Kelley says Halleck telegraphed him to blockade the roads, that a squad of volunteer cavalry watched the enemy's approach, and that his artillery's opening fire was the first intimation the enemy had of his command. Pond says McCausland supposed Averell was closing on his rear.

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

supportedpost_outcome Kelley says the retreating enemy abandoned two caissons, several carriages and a large quantity of ammunition; Pond says two caissons and some wagons and ammunition.

Post-engagement observations, not a supply return.

supportedunresolved Pond says Early sent McCausland's and Johnson's brigades to burn Northern towns unless ransomed, then to move on Cumberland, levying contributions and destroying the coal-pit machinery and the railroad's shops and bridges.

Stated orders as described by a history; Kelley's account of the raiders' orders is in the Volume XLIII continuation, not selected.

supportedpost_outcome The frozen result reads Inconclusive and the live result Indecisive. Kelley says both lines kept nearly their original positions until dark and the enemy retreated precipitately in the night by a mountain road toward Old Town.

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 38 total; the live field reads 60 (US 30; CS 30). Kelley says the enemy abandoned 8 dead and some 30-odd wounded; Pond says 30 killed and wounded were left on the field. No inspected passage gives Kelley's own August 1 loss; his Old Town figures of August 2 are a separate action and are not added.

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 Kelley says he posted the command and held the fortifications; Pond says McCausland, in command of the raid, attacked Kelley in the afternoon. The frozen commanders are Brigadier Generals John McCausland and Benjamin F. Kelley; Kelley signs his September report as brevet major general.

Command roles from an interested report and a history; neither listed commander receives automatic sole credit.

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 reads Divisions; the live field reads zero. Kelley says the raiders were variously estimated at 2,500 to 4,500, McCausland's and Johnson's brigades, and lists his own command as three Ohio National Guard regiments, detachments of West Virginia infantry, three sections of artillery and several hundred mostly unarmed stragglers. Pond says McCausland crossed the Potomac with two brigades and four guns. NPS calls Kelley's a small force of soldiers and citizens.

A range of estimates reported by the opposing commander and unit lists without counts. None is adopted as a matched opening strength. The live zero is not measured absence.

supportedunresolved Kelley says he posted infantry and a section of artillery on the heights west of Folck's Mill overlooking the valley of Evett's Creek (as read in OCR), under cover of timber and hidden from the enemy, and that the Confederates sheltered behind the bridge, mill, house and barn. Pond places the mill three miles from Cumberland; Kelley puts the position about two miles east of the town.

Ground described by an interested report and a history, with differing distances; the position was taken on the day and is not tagged inherited.