Salineville OH002

supportedunresolved Duke says that on an earlier march back toward Blennerhassett's Island, during the six-day pursuit, clouds of dust made the position of every column known to the others, and that Morgan had many days before heard of Lee's retreat and the fall of Vicksburg. Shackelford says a courier's report of the enemy at Hammondsville was followed within minutes by word that the enemy was at Salineville, and quotes Morgan as saying every hill-top was a telegraph and every bush an ambush.

Attributed knowledge from interested accounts; Morgan's words are as Shackelford reports them. Duke was then a prisoner; the dust passage is not specific to July 26.

supportedunresolved Shackelford says only about 500 horses in his command were fit for service, that Burnside sent forward Way's and Rue's detachments with fresh horses, and that Morgan's horse-stealing system was perfect. Duke describes Morgan's men as worn down by long sustained exertion.

Mount and fatigue statements from interested accounts; no remount or ordnance return inspected.

supportedunresolved NPS says Morgan was attempting to find a safe crossing of the Ohio. Duke says Morgan, fearing the exchange cartel would be broken, sought to surrender on terms and looked for a militia officer who might grant them. Shackelford says he called for volunteers who would stay in the saddle until Morgan was captured.

Stated aims from a summary and interested accounts; Duke's account of Morgan's reasoning is secondhand.

supportedpost_outcome The frozen and live results read Union victory, and NPS says Morgan surrendered. Shackelford says about 350 prisoners were captured with Morgan, and says Way's earlier fight captured 230. Duke says the terms of the surrender were not carried out.

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 364 (US none; CS 364); the live field reads 364 (US 0; CS 364). Shackelford's 350 captured with Morgan and 230 captured by Way are separate figures from the same day. No inspected source gives a Union loss at Salineville.

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. The live Union zero is not measured absence.

supportedpost_outcome NPS says that during the raid Morgan's men captured and paroled about 6,000 Union soldiers and militia, destroyed 34 bridges and diverted tens of thousands of troops. Duke judges the raid's objects accomplished, thinks it delayed the fall of East Tennessee, and says it destroyed Morgan's division.

Raid-wide claims and an interested participant's campaign judgment; not a tactical result of this record, not assigned to any engagement and not a causal estimate.

disputedunresolved Duke says Morgan formally surrendered to Captain Burbeck of the Ohio militia on condition of parole, and that Shackelford, on arriving, disapproved the arrangement and prevented it. Shackelford says Burnside had placed him in command of all troops in the pursuit, that Major Rue properly refused to act until he came up, and that he regarded the surrender to a militia captain as unfair and illegal and would not recognize it. The frozen commanders are Shackelford and Morgan, both Brigadier Generals.

The validity of the Burbeck surrender is disputed by the two interested accounts; the frozen commanders do not receive automatic sole credit.

unknownunresolved

No inspected return establishes matched personnel at a common opening boundary. Imported numerical estimates remain unchanged; this pass does not validate them as simultaneous opening forces.

disputedunresolved The frozen field reads 3,000 (US 2,600; CS 400). NPS says Morgan escaped Buffington with about 400 men. Duke, not an eyewitness of these days, says the two reorganized brigades were each a little more than 400 strong and that a fresh disaster on the 26th reduced the command to 250 men. Shackelford says he resumed the chase with 500 men on July 21, that Major Rue brought about 375 fresh men, and that Morgan crossed the railroad with about 400 men after Way's fight.

Figures differ in time and population; none is adopted as matched opening strength. Duke's '2Gth' is an OCR reading.

supportedunresolved NPS says Morgan rode down the railroad toward Smith's Ford and was cut off after turning onto the New Lisbon Road. Shackelford says the enemy had gone left at a fork and was between the two roads. Duke says the last charge struck dismounted cavalry behind a worm fence that the tired horses could not clear.

Routes and cover from a summary and interested accounts; no map verification.