Little Blue River MO024

supportedunresolved NPS says Rosecrans could not communicate with Curtis. Britton says Curtis's latest dispatches from Rosecrans put Pleasonton and A. J. Smith close on Price's rear and their guns were expected all day.

Attributed knowledge from a summary and a history; no message log inspected.

supportedunresolved Britton says Blunt sent to Independence, eight miles off, for rations on the 20th. Price says his engaged troops' ammunition was about exhausted when Kitchen's regiment arrived.

Two statements; no supply or ammunition return.

supportedunresolved Britton says Curtis had decided to make the Big Blue his line, left Moonlight as an outpost with orders to burn the bridge, and sent Blunt back not for a general engagement but to delay the invading army. NPS says Blunt tried to regain the position he had held the day before.

Stated aims from a history and a summary.

supportedpost_outcome The frozen and live results read Confederate victory. NPS says the Federals retreated to Independence; Price says Shelby drove them seven miles and beyond Independence; Britton says Price's army camped in and about Independence that night.

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

supportedpost_outcome The frozen casualty text reads Unknown and the live field zero. Britton notes the death of Major J. N. Smith of the Second Colorado; no inspected passage gives a total for either side.

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 Britton says Curtis came on the field, placed troops and batteries in person and ordered Blunt to retire; Blunt dismounted and formed the line. Price says he ordered Shelby to Marmaduke's relief and that Fagan supported without being engaged. The frozen commanders are Major Generals Sterling Price and Samuel R. Curtis.

Command roles from a history and an interested report; 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 reads 1st Division, Army of the Border and Army of Missouri; the live field reads zero. NPS gives Blunt's force as about 2,000 and says Confederate numerical superiority told in the five-hour fight. Britton says Moonlight's Second Brigade held the crossing and Blunt brought Jennison's and Ford's brigades and McLain's battery of five 3-inch rifles, and that Shelby's division waded the stream to form on the left of Marmaduke's while Price brought Fagan's division forward in their support. Price says Lawther's regiment met the enemy in superior numbers, Greene came up with about 150 men, and his troops held against far superior numbers.

Unit identifications and contradictory statements of numerical superiority; no count at the action. None is adopted as a matched opening strength. The live zero is not measured absence.

supportedunresolved NPS describes a strong defensive position on the west bank; Britton says Blunt took a good position along the bluffs and that Moonlight held a stone fence at right angles to the road, the fords above and below the burned bridge being forced. Price says a ford half a mile below the bridge was seized.

Ground described by a summary, a history and an interested report; no map verification.