Snyder's Bluff MS005

supportedunresolved Sherman writes that Confederates had crossed to Biggs' plantation in yawls to see what the Federals were about, and that they would not find out much. Hébert reports a deserter who rode in from the Union lines on the 1st.

Attributed knowledge in both commanders' reports; no inspected message log.

supportedunresolved Sherman says all his regimental wagons had to be on the road, leaving him without wagons for the move to Perkins'. Hébert says a few guns were added to his left batteries on the night of the 30th.

Supply and armament statements from the two opposing reports; no inspected return.

supportedunresolved NPS says the combined force feigned an attack to keep troops from being withdrawn to Grand Gulf. Sherman says he would open another cannonade to prolong the diversion in Grant's favor.

Sherman states his own purpose; no inspected Grant order.

supportedpost_outcome The frozen and live results read Confederate victory. NPS says the gunboats returned to their anchorages after Sherman received orders to land his troops at Milliken's Bend; Hébert says the enemy withdrew completely on the night of May 2.

Retain the original result and engagement interval; later movements and campaign contribution are different measures. No new probabilities or individual causal credit. The engagement was a demonstration; the result label is not a measure of its purpose.

disputedpost_outcome The frozen casualty text reads Unknown; the live field reads zero. NPS says the Choctaw took more than fifty hits without casualties but that a battery caused casualties among the landed troops; Sherman says no one was hurt aboard the boats. Hébert reports one lieutenant wounded and captured and two privates severely wounded, though his casualty list names a corporal and a private, and no casualties on May 1.

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. No Union casualty count is inspected.

supportedunresolved The frozen commanders are Sherman and Hébert; NPS names Breese for the gunboats and Blair's division for the troops. Forney forwarded Hébert's report with his approval. The live heading ranks Sherman General against the frozen Major General.

Joint army-navy demonstration; the frozen commanders do not receive automatic sole credit. The heading 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 names the XV Army Corps and Hébert's Brigade without counts; the live field reads zero. NPS says Breese brought eight gunboats and ten transports carrying Blair's division. Hébert lists three gunboats, three of the mosquito fleet and three mortar-boats, and says the transports were over twelve.

Vessel counts differ between the summary and Hébert, and no troop count is given; none is adopted. Live zeros are not measured absence.

supportedunresolved Sherman says the ground, except the levees, was still under water; NPS says swampy terrain and heavy artillery fire forced the landed troops to retire. Hébert says the gunboats' position let his batteries engage the leading ironclad only at about 2,000 yards.

Natural and seasonal ground combined with battery positions; boundaries unset and no map verification.