Carthage MO002

supportedunresolved Snead says the report from Carthage on the evening of July 4 was the State troops' first intimation that an enemy was in front, and that Sigel withdrew fearing the mounted force moving into the woods, not knowing it was unarmed; NPS says the same of the unarmed recruits. Sigel says the moral effect of the mounted regiments behind his lines could not be denied, though the real danger was not great.

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

supportedunresolved Sigel says a battery commander declared he could not advance for want of ammunition, that the baggage train followed about three miles behind and that fear of losing it shaped his withdrawal, and that his men had marched 22 miles on the 4th and 18 on the 5th almost without eating or drinking. Snead says the unarmed men were sent to the rear with the wagons.

Supply and fatigue conditions from an interested report and a history; not a return.

supportedunresolved Sigel says he resolved to march against the troops at Pool's Prairie and then turn north against Jackson and Rains. Snead says Sigel decided to throw himself in front of the Governor and hold him north of Spring River until Lyon came up.

Stated aims from an interested report and a history.

supportedpost_outcome The frozen and live results read Confederate victory. Sigel reports repulsing the cavalry at the creek crossing and retreating to Sarcoxie; Snead says Sigel continued his retreat in good order, followed by a rabble of State troops.

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 244 (US 44; CS 200); the live field reads 118 (US 44; CS 74). Sigel reports 13 killed and 31 wounded and estimates the enemy's loss at not less than 350 to 400; he also reports Conrad's company of 91 men captured at Neosho the same day. Snead gives thirteen killed and thirty-one wounded against ten killed and sixty-four wounded, and quotes Confederate historians' estimate of Sigel's loss at 150 to 200 killed and 300 to 400 wounded, with an exclamation mark.

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. The Neosho capture is a separate action and is not added.

supportedunresolved The frozen commanders are Governor Claiborne Jackson (spelled Clairborne) and Colonel Franz Sigel. Snead says the Governor assumed command in person and deployed the line, and that Weightman rapidly reformed his line after Essig's fire halted the pursuit. Sigel ordered the artillery to open and ordered part of the troops back behind Dry Fork Creek.

Command roles from a participant 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. 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 Brigade and Missouri State Guard divisions with no figures; the live field reads zero. NPS says Sigel led a force of about 1,000, and that Lyon had earlier chased the Governor and approximately 4,000 State Militia from Jefferson City and Boonville; that figure is not a count at Carthage. Sigel reports nine companies of the Third (550 effective) and seven of the Fifth (400) with two four-gun batteries, and estimates the enemy in sight at 3,500 besides a strong reserve (reported 4,000 the evening before). Snead gives Sigel 950 effective and 125 artillerymen with seven guns, and the Governor's line 2,600 infantry and artillery and about 1,500 mounted, with about 2,000 unarmed men sent to the rear.

Effective and in-sight estimates by the opposing sides; Sigel counts two four-gun batteries while he and Snead both speak of seven pieces in action. None is adopted as a matched opening strength. The live zero is not measured absence.

supportedinherited Sigel found the enemy in line on elevated ground rising from the creek, about a mile and a half off, after crossing Dry Fork Creek; his column then had to pass Buck's Branch, behind which the enemy's cavalry formed. Snead places the State line on the ridge of a prairie sloping to a creek bordered with timber and brush (the name is garbled in OCR), about nine miles north of Carthage; NPS says a ridge ten miles north.

Ground described by an interested report, a participant history and a summary; distances and the creek name are not reconciled. No map verification.