Byram's Ford MO026

supportedunresolved Britton says Curtis did not know at which of four or five fords Price would push hardest, that timber hid the Confederate movements, and that Captain Meeker's signal officers reported Shelby's shift toward the Federal right. Price says he chose the Santa Fe road on learning of the strong Federal position.

Attributed knowledge from a history and an interested report; no signal log inspected.

supportedunresolved NPS says Price had nearly 500 wagons and needed a good ford, and that the train and about 5,000 cattle crossed at Byram's Ford. Price says Shelby engaged the enemy after crossing to cover the passage of the train; Britton says the trains crossed by night.

Train size and crossing from a summary, an interested report and a history; no transport return.

supportedunresolved Britton says Curtis was confident the Big Blue line would check the advance. Price says Marmaduke, on the train's road, was to resist the pursuers if possible; NPS says Marmaduke held the west bank to keep Pleasonton off Price's rear.

Stated aims from a history, an interested report and a summary.

supportedpost_outcome The frozen and live results read Union victory. On the 22nd, Britton and NPS say Shelby forced Jennison back toward Westport; on the 23rd, NPS says Marmaduke fell back after three hours and Price says Marmaduke had to fall back when his ammunition was exhausted. The result field covers both days.

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 gives the Fourth Missouri State Militia's loss on the morning of the 23rd as 2 officers and 7 men killed and 3 officers and 44 men wounded, and the Kansas militia's loss south of the ford on the 22nd as 36 killed, 43 wounded and 100 prisoners; the latter action is not added to this record.

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 Blunt sent Jennison to the ford, Thompson dismounted part of his brigade to wade the river, and on the 23rd Pleasonton arrested Brown and put Philips in command of the First Brigade, which forced the ford. Price says Shelby crossed with the rest of his division. The frozen commanders are Brigadier Generals Joseph Shelby and John S. Marmaduke and Major Generals James G. Blunt and Alfred Pleasonton; the live page lists Blunt and Shelby, both as Brigadier General.

Command roles from a history and an interested report; no automatic sole credit, and live ranks are not adopted.

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.

supportedunresolved The frozen force field reads the 1st Division, Army of the Border and the provisional cavalry division against Shelby's and Marmaduke's divisions; the live field reads zero. Price says Curtis's arrival raised Blunt's army on the Big Blue to between 6,000 and 8,000. Britton says Jennison's First Brigade held Byram's Ford, reinforced by the Sixteenth Kansas and the Fourth Kansas State Militia, against Thompson's brigade, and that on the 23rd Philips's brigade, then Winslow's and Sanborn's, attacked Marmaduke's division.

A Confederate estimate of the whole Union line and unit identifications; no count at the ford. None is adopted as a matched opening strength. The live zero is not measured absence.

supportedunresolved NPS calls Byram's Ford the best ford in the area. Britton says the Big Blue's banks were steep with few good fords for trains and artillery, the ford's approaches were obstructed by felled trees and breastworks, and on the 23rd a Confederate battery on the crest above the ford swept the road. Price calls the Federal position strong by nature and strengthened by fortifications.

Ground and works described by a summary, a history and an interested report; no map verification. The obstructions were made by the defenders, but the phase is left unresolved.