Springfield MO008

supportedunresolved Zagonyi says one picket escaped and gave the alarm, so he made a five-mile detour but came suddenly on the enemy drawn up in line; Britton says the same.

Knowledge from an interested report and a history based on it.

supportedunresolved Zagonyi left his camp at 8.30 p.m. on the 24th and reached Springfield, 51 miles, at 3 p.m. on the 25th; his men were exhausted by the march and battle, and forty-five horses were killed or unfit.

March and loss of mounts from an interested report; not a return.

supportedunresolved Zagonyi says he left camp by Fremont's order; Britton calls the mission a reconnaissance toward Springfield and says the Federal officers decided after deliberation to attack.

Stated orders from an interested report and a history.

supportedpost_outcome The frozen and live results read Union victory. Zagonyi says his first charge was completely successful and that he cleared the town, then retired as it grew dark; Britton says he retired to meet the advance of the army.

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 and the live field read 218 (US 85; CS 133). Zagonyi reports a total loss of 52 in the Body Guard (15 killed), at least 106 enemy killed by citizens' and prisoners' statements, 23 enemy dead buried and 27 prisoners; Britton gives sixteen Federal killed and twenty-six 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. Zagonyi's total covers the Body Guard only.

disputedunresolved The frozen commanders are Colonel James Frazier and Major James Zagonyi; the live page gives Zagonyi as Major General, and its description names Maj. Charles Zagonyi and Col. Julian Frazier. NPS says White fell ill and turned his command over to Zagonyi; Zagonyi says White was a prisoner before the battle and his command left at the start; Britton says Zagonyi and White together decided the detour.

The detachment commanders' roles are disputed among the sources; the live ranks and names are not adopted, and there is no 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 names the Prairie Scouts and Fremont's Body Guard and State Guard troops with no figures; the live field reads zero; NPS gives Frazier 1,000 to 1,500. Zagonyi says his Body Guard numbered 150, rallied to 70 after the charges, and that White's command left him before the first charge; he learned afterwards that 2,100 of the enemy had been arrayed. Britton gives Zagonyi 150 and White 180 mounted men, and at least 1,500 Confederates in town, outnumbering them five to one.

Detachment counts and after-the-fact estimates of the enemy; no return. None is adopted as a matched opening strength. The live zero is not measured absence.

supportedunresolved Zagonyi says the ground was too confined to form: he had to pass 250 yards down a lane and take down a rail fence under cross-fire before forming for the first charge. Britton repeats this.

Ground described by an interested report and a history that follows it; no map verification.