Lexington MO006

supportedunresolved Britton says secessionists joining Price gave him accurate information on the Federal troops, and that Fremont had ten days' notice of Price's advance on Lexington.

Knowledge attributed by a history; no dispatch chain inspected.

supportedunresolved Price says his ammunition, mostly left behind on the march, was nearly exhausted on the 13th and thousands of his men had not eaten for thirty-six hours, so he withdrew to the fair ground until his ammunition wagons came up; he sent men to cut the garrison off from water. Britton says the garrison's water supply was cut off and the works had made no ample provision for water.

Conditions from an interested report and a history; not returns.

disputedunresolved Price says he fell back on the 13th, unwilling to risk a doubtful engagement when delay would make success certain; Britton says he withdrew feeling that his force was not strong enough to make a successful assault and being short of ammunition. Britton says the garrison commanders had instructions from Fremont to hold the place to the last extremity.

Stated aims from an interested report and a history; the two give different reasons for the withdrawal of the 13th, and neither is adopted.

supportedpost_outcome The frozen and live results read Confederate victory. Price reports the surrender of the United States forces and property after fifty-two hours of firing; Britton calls the fall of Lexington a severe blow to the Union cause in Missouri.

Retain the original result and engagement interval; later movements and campaign contribution are different measures. No new probabilities or individual causal credit. Britton's judgment is campaign context.

disputedpost_outcome The frozen casualty text reads 1,874 (US 1,774; CS 100); the live field reads 3,600 (US 3,500; CS 100). Price reports 25 killed and 72 wounded for his army and about 3,500 prisoners; Britton gives 39 Federal killed, 120 wounded and 3,000 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. Prisoner counts are a different population from killed and wounded and are not added.

disputedunresolved The frozen commanders are Major General Sterling Price and Colonel James A. Mulligan. Price says he caused the hemp bales to be moved and that Harris, McBride, Rives and Winston built the breastworks; Britton says Harris proposed the hemp and asked Price's permission. Price says the surrender was agreed by Colonel Marshall and officers Mulligan associated with him; Britton says Mulligan ordered the counterattack at the Anderson house, says Mulligan's council was sensible that the blunder or incompetency of the department commander or his subordinates had placed them there, and himself ascribes the disaster to unpardonable blunders and want of concert among subordinate Federal commanders.

Command roles from an interested report and a history; the initiative for the hemp breastworks is attributed differently. The council's view is as Britton reports it; his ascription of the disaster is his own judgment. No automatic sole credit.

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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 garrison about 3,500 and the State Guard 12,000; the live field agrees. Price reports about 3,500 prisoners and an army increasing hourly, with large reinforcements received before the 18th. Britton says Price knew of only about two thousand men at Lexington when he left Springfield and that Mulligan and Peabody held it with about three thousand; he gives Rains's division upward of three thousand and Parsons's three thousand, repeats Lane's report of ten thousand with seven guns, and counts 3,000 prisoners.

Garrison, prisoner and division figures of different dates and scopes; no inspected return gives either side's strength on September 13 or 18. None is adopted as a matched opening strength.

supportedunresolved Price says the garrison had strongly fortified the college; his men took the Anderson house position within 125 yards of the intrenchments and on the 20th advanced behind movable breastworks of hemp bales. Britton says Peabody and Mulligan began fortifying Lexington when they heard of Price's advance.

Works built by the garrison and approaches made by the besiegers during the operation; no map verification.