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supportedunresolved Britton says Curtis's information led him to overestimate the Confederate strength and made him overcautious, and that on the night of the 22nd he learned Pleasonton had driven Price from Independence. Price says he received word that his train was threatened.

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

supportedunresolved Britton says most of Shelby's troops had nearly used up their ammunition and halted to await a supply, one of Collins's rifled guns burst, and Blair's brigade was delayed until its horses were brought back from Wyandotte. Price says his train had been sent ahead on the Fort Scott road.

Statements from a history and an interested report; no supply or ammunition return.

supportedunresolved NPS says Price chose to strike Curtis at Westport first while Pleasonton was behind him. Britton says that after Independence Price had no further thought of Kansas City and sought to secure his train; Curtis ordered his mounted forces forward to attack at daylight.

Stated aims from a summary and a history.

disputedpost_outcome The frozen and live results read Union victory, and NPS says the Confederates could not break the Union lines and retreated. Price says Shelby and Fagan drove the enemy six or seven miles into Westport before he recalled them to protect the train; Britton says the Federal line first fell back behind Brush Creek, then the whole Confederate line retreated.

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 3,000 total (US 1,500; CS 1,500); the live field matches. Britton says about 100 prisoners were taken in the repulse of McGhee's charge; no other inspected figure is specific to this battle.

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 and ordered his whole line to advance, and that Shelby withdrew on Price's order to fall back. Price says Shelby attacked with Fagan's two Arkansas brigades and that he himself formed the unarmed men before the train. 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 Army of the Border and Army of Missouri; the live field reads zero. Price says the enemy engaged that day exceeded 20,000 well-armed men against his fewer than 8,000 armed, that a force of 2,000 or 2,500 threatened his train, and that he formed several thousand unarmed men and not more than 200 armed men to meet it. Britton says Curtis left three or four thousand militia in the Kansas City works and sent seven or eight thousand forward under Blunt, and that Shelby was reinforced by two of Fagan's brigades.

Interested estimates and a history's figures for different scopes; no return at the battle. None is adopted as a matched opening strength. The live zero is not measured absence.

supportedunresolved Britton says Blunt's line formed in the timber along Brush Creek, Jennison's skirmishers used a field enclosed by stone and rail fences, and the half mile south of the creek was thick brush unsuited to cavalry. NPS says Curtis had established strong defensive lines.

Ground described by a history and a summary; no map verification.