Clark's Mill MO017

supportedunresolved Barstow first took the enemy for a passing gang of bushwhackers, had no intimation of more than 400 or of any artillery until fired on, and says repeated warnings over forty days had proved false alarms; had he known of the artillery he would have abandoned the post.

Reported knowledge from one interested report; no message chain inspected.

supportedunresolved Barstow says he had only 23 rounds of canister and men armed mostly with Colt's revolvers, against an enemy he later learned had 300 to 400 artillery rounds; after the surrender his men were not allowed to keep their horses.

Condition statements from one interested report; no ordnance return inspected.

supportedunresolved Barstow sent one detachment toward Gainesville and led another south to reconnoiter; given ten minutes by the Confederate summons, he and his officers judged they could not hold another hour. The Confederate objective is not stated in the inspected passages; Wickersham reports that they burned the block-house and left southward.

Stated decisions from Union reports; the Confederate aim is unknown in the inspected sources.

supportedpost_outcome The frozen and live results are Confederate victory. Wickersham reports the surrender after firing from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Barstow says he surrendered on a demand under a white flag and that the enemy agreed to parole all on the ground. The live description says Barstow surrendered to Burbridge and Greene.

Retain the original result and engagement interval; later movements and campaign contribution are different measures. No new probabilities or individual causal credit.

disputedpost_outcome Frozen: total unknown (US 113; CS unknown). Live: 153 total (US 119; CS 34). Wickersham gives 2 killed and 2 wounded, and 8 enemy killed. Barstow gives 2 killed and 2 wounded in his morning skirmish, with 9 enemy killed, and for the day 7 killed and 2 wounded against 34 enemy killed and a number wounded; the rest of his command was paroled.

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. Wickersham's Union loss (2 killed, 2 wounded) matches Barstow's morning-skirmish loss, not his day totals, while Wickersham's 8 enemy killed differs from Barstow's 9 in that skirmish and 34 for the day; the live CS 34 equals Barstow's enemy killed (an observation). The frozen US 113 is not found in the inspected passages.

disputedunresolved The frozen rows list Burbridge and Greene (Colonels) for the Confederates and Barstow (Captain) for the Union; the live page names Barstow and Burbridge. Barstow says the commanding colonel gave his name as J. Q. Burbridge, with Greene second in command, and that he decided to surrender after consulting his officers. Wickersham says the enemy was under 'General Green'.

Accounts differ on the Confederate commander; no listed commander receives 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 about 100 men of the 10th Illinois Cavalry and State Militia against a cavalry brigade of about 1,000; the frozen numeric bounds are 113 for the Union (equal to the frozen Union casualty figure) and 1,000 for the Confederates; the live field reads zero. Wickersham reports about 50 of the 10th Illinois and 50 militia against 1,000. Barstow says he had not more than 110 men against 1,750 cavalry and infantry with four 6-pounders, that he first ascertained the enemy was not less than 1,000, and that they had ten men to his one; he had sent out detachments of 20 and 18 men that morning.

Two Union reports, one relayed before the other; the frozen Union numeric bound does not match its text. None is adopted as a matched opening strength. The live zero is not measured absence.

supportedunresolved Barstow planted his 2-pounder to cover both approach roads, and the Confederates opened with two 6-pounders from a hill half a mile northeast of camp; his camp was then surrounded. The frozen description says he unlimbered artillery to command both approach roads.

Positions described by an interested report and the frozen description; no map verification. Phase unresolved.