Newtonia MO029

disputedunresolved NPS says Blunt's troops surprised the Confederates. Price says his scouts reported the pursuers crossing the prairie and preparations were made to receive them; Britton says Blunt knew that morning that Price's army was in his front.

Contradictory attributed knowledge from a summary, an interested report and a history; no message log inspected.

supportedunresolved Britton says many Confederates were suffering from hunger after abandoning their train, and that Sanborn's brigade marched 95 miles in a day and a half on horses unfit for rapid movement.

Condition statements from a history; no supply return.

supportedunresolved Britton says Price meant to stop a day or two near Newtonia to collect supplies. NPS says the other Confederate troops retreated toward the Indian Territory while Shelby engaged.

Stated aims from a history and a summary.

disputedpost_outcome The frozen and live results read Union victory, and NPS says the Federals forced a retreat but failed to destroy or capture the Confederates. Price says Blunt was repulsed and driven three miles; Britton says Blunt's two brigades were driven back about a mile and were saved by Sanborn's arrival, after which the Confederates left the field.

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 reads 650 total (US 400; CS 250); the live field reads 50 (US 26; CS 24). Price says Blunt lost heavily; Britton gives no figure.

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, at the front, formed Ford's regiments and led them in a charge, and that Sanborn reported to him and went into action on the left; Price says Shelby, supported by part of Fagan's command, met the attack. The frozen commanders are Major Generals Sterling Price and James G. Blunt; the live page gives Blunt as Brigadier General.

Command roles from a history and an interested report; no automatic sole credit, and the live rank is 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.

disputedunresolved The frozen force field reads Five brigades and remnants of Price's Army of Missouri; the live field reads zero. Price says Blunt came on with 3,000 cavalry. Britton says Blunt attacked with two small brigades (Ford's two regiments, then Jennison's) of less than two regiments in strength, that Shelby had superior numbers, and that Sanborn's brigade of four Missouri militia regiments and the Second Arkansas arrived before sundown.

An interested estimate and a history's unit identifications; no return. None is adopted as a matched opening strength. The live zero is not measured absence.

supportedunresolved Price says Shelby halted in a skirt of timber at the edge of the prairie about four miles beyond Newtonia; Britton says Shelby fought from behind a fence on the south side of a field and that the fields in Sanborn's front were enclosed by stone and rail fences.

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