Boonville MO001

supportedunresolved Snead says the Governor learned on Sunday night that Lyon was approaching by the river, and that Lyon sent part of his force on up the river on the transports to deceive the State troops and create a diversion.

Attributed knowledge and intent from a participant history on the Governor's side; no order or message log inspected.

supportedunresolved Lyon moved by boats to Jefferson City and on toward Boonville, leaving a howitzer and a company as guard to the three boats. After the action he says he was delayed by the trouble of getting up a train and by heavy rains; Snead says Lyon lost fifteen days at Boonville.

Transport and post-action delay from an interested report and a history; not a supply return for the engagement.

supportedunresolved Lyon says the Governor's proclamation made it necessary for him to move up the river to anticipate the collection of the State forces. Snead says the Governor ordered Marmaduke out to impede Lyon's advance so that Parsons could come up, and that Marmaduke had advised concentrating behind the Osage instead.

Stated aims from an interested report and a participant history.

supportedpost_outcome The frozen and live results read Union victory. Lyon says the enemy were soon routed, their camp taken and Boonville occupied. Snead calls it a trifling engagement but a stunning blow to the Southern Rights people of the State.

Retain the original result and engagement interval; later movements and campaign contribution are different measures. No new probabilities or individual causal credit. Snead's assessment of consequences is campaign context, not the tactical result.

disputedpost_outcome The frozen casualty text reads 81 (US 31; CS 50); the live field reads 31 (US 31; CS 0). Lyon reports 2 killed, 1 missing and 9 wounded (two since dead), about 60 prisoners released on oath and the enemy's loss unknown. Snead gives the Federal loss as two killed and nine wounded and the State troops' as two killed and five or six slightly wounded.

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 The frozen commanders are Colonel John S. Marmaduke and Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon; NPS says Marmaduke commanded on the field. Snead says Governor Jackson ordered Marmaduke out over his protest and then ordered him back to the city to join Parsons. Lyon's report describes his own landing and advance.

Command roles from a participant history and an interested report. The Governor's orders are attributed as Snead gives them; 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 gives the Union about 1,700 and the State Guard no figure; the live field reads US 1,700 and CS 0. Lyon's June 22 report gives his whole command at about 1,700 and says the Governor had collected three or four thousand men at Boonville. Snead says Lyon left St. Louis with about two thousand men and moved on Boonville with about seventeen hundred, that Lyon expected at least three or four thousand, and that Marmaduke went out with between 400 and 500 men, Lyon greatly overestimating his strength.

Figures of different populations and dates (Lyon's moving column, the Governor's assembled force, the detachment Snead says was engaged). The CWSAC 1,700 matches Lyon's own report, whose basis is not stated; the match is not corroboration. None is adopted as a matched opening strength. The live CS zero is not measured absence.

disputedunresolved Lyon's June 22 report puts his landing about 6 miles below Boonville; his June 30 report and Snead put it about eight miles below. Lyon says the State troops held for a while in the shelter of a house and a thicket of wood behind it, while his approach brought him onto high and open ground where most of his casualties occurred; Snead places the stand under cover of some buildings and a dense wood.

Ground described by an interested report and a participant history; the two Lyon reports differ on the landing distance. No map verification.