Port Gibson MS006

supportedunresolved Bowen telegraphed that 3,000 Federals were 10 miles from Port Gibson at 3 p.m. on April 30, and on May 1 that prisoners put the landed force at over 20,000, which he disbelieved. Greene says Bowen's wires failed after the Grand Gulf bombardment, and that Grant learned during the night of a good road to Port Gibson from Bruinsburg.

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

supportedunresolved Bowen telegraphed that he was out of ammunition for cannon and small arms because the reinforcements' ordnance trains had not arrived, and later that want of ammunition was one of the main causes of his retreat. Greene says rations had not been issued to McClernand's corps before landing, causing a four-hour delay on the bank.

Supply statements from an interested commander's telegrams and a history; no inspected ordnance or commissary return.

supportedunresolved NPS says Grant crossed at Bruinsburg after failing to silence Grand Gulf and that the battle secured his beachhead. Bowen telegraphed that he would fight the Federals the other side of Port Gibson and hoped to hold until Baldwin arrived.

Stated aims from a summary and telegrams; NPS's beachhead judgment is campaign context.

supportedpost_outcome The frozen and live results read Union victory. NPS says the Confederates left the field in the early evening. Bowen says he was compelled to fall back just before sunset and crossed Bayou Pierre, destroying the bridges; Greene says the retreat was conducted in good order.

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 1,648 total (US 861; CS 787); the live field reads 1662 total (US 875; CS 787;). Greene gives Bowen's reported losses as 787 (60 killed, 340 wounded, 387 missing) and Grant's as 849, and says Union reports put Confederate prisoners at over 600 (OCR 'GOO'). Bowen's synopsis gives no estimate.

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. Three Union totals (861, 875, 849) differ; the Confederate 787 agrees across frozen, live and Greene.

supportedunresolved Greene says McClernand repeatedly asked for reinforcements although he had three divisions against about a brigade and a half, and that Grant sent McPherson to turn the Confederate right. Bowen says he attempted with two of Cockrell's regiments to turn the Union right, that Tracy was killed early, and that Baldwin, misled by the burning of the railroad bridge, took the wrong road and destroyed the north-fork bridge. The live heading ranks Grant Lieutenant General against the frozen Major General.

Subordinate and corps roles from a history and an interested report; the frozen commanders Grant and Bowen 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 Army of the Tennessee (two corps) and one reinforced Confederate division of four brigades, without counts; the live field reads zero. Greene says Bowen's force numbered about 8,500 by the latest returns, that Bowen gave 5,500 in his official report, and that the Union force engaged was 23,000. Bowen's postscript to his May 2 synopsis says the enemy exceeded 20,000 and his own force did not number over 5,500; on the day he telegraphed that they outnumbered him trebly.

Returns, report and opponent figures differ in scope and source; none is adopted as matched opening strength. Greene dates the 5,500 to a report three months later, while the inspected May 2 postscript also gives it. Live zeros are not measured absence.

supportedunresolved Greene says the country was extremely rough and unsuitable for manoeuvres, cut by ravines filled with cane and underbrush, and that Green's brigade held an advantageous position on a commanding ridge. Bowen says the country and his men's condition forbade an advance.

Natural ground and chosen positions are combined while boundaries are unset; no map verification or numerical effect.