Chusto-Talasah OK002

supportedunresolved Cooper says Major Pegg returned from the chief's camp reporting several thousand warriors painted for the fight, and the Cherokee regiment dispersed in panic that night. NPS says the chief knew Cooper was coming.

Knowledge attributed by an interested report and a summary; no message log inspected.

supportedunresolved Cooper says his ammunition was nearly exhausted afterwards; NPS says he did not pursue for that reason, and Britton that he fell back to Fort Gibson to await supplies and ammunition.

Supply statements from an interested report, a summary and a history; not a return.

supportedunresolved Cooper says he proposed a conference with assurances that bloodshed was not desired, then moved to keep open communication with his depot at Coweta Mission; Britton says the chief determined to give blow for blow.

Stated aims from an interested report and a history.

disputedpost_outcome The frozen and live results read Confederate victory; NPS says Cooper drove the defenders across Bird Creek. Cooper says the enemy disappeared from his front after over four hours; Britton says the Confederates withdrew to their camp five miles back and Cooper, badly crippled, retreated to Fort Gibson.

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 Unknown; the live field reads 464 (US 412; CS 52). Cooper reports 15 killed and 37 wounded and says prisoners admitted an enemy loss of 412, probably 500; Britton repeats Cooper's figures but says the chief's loss, though not known, was much less than the Confederates'.

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 US 412 equals the prisoners' figure in Cooper's report; that is not independent confirmation.

supportedunresolved The frozen commanders are Colonel Douglas H. Cooper and Opothleyahola; the live page gives Cooper as Brigadier General. Cooper's report says, in the passive, that the forces were formed in three columns and that D. N. McIntosh's Creek regiment was ordered to turn the enemy's right; Britton says Cooper ordered his train parked and formed his troops in three columns. Britton credits the chief with choosing the position.

Command roles from an interested report and a history; the live rank is not adopted and there is 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 has no figures; the live field reads CS 1,300 and the description Cooper's 1,300. Cooper started with 780 and ordered Drew's detachment of about 500 and Sims's Texans to join him; Drew's regiment dispersed in panic the night before the battle. He says his force actually engaged did not exceed 1,100, and that the enemy was certainly over 2,500, 4,000 by Cherokee prisoners, after an escaped prisoner's report of 2,000; at the house his men never equalled half the enemy's. Britton gives Cooper some eleven hundred mounted men with Drew's five hundred and Sims's three hundred.

Column, engaged and estimated opposing figures of different moments; the CWSAC 1,300 is not traced. No account by Opothleyahola's side was inspected; every figure for his force and losses is an opponent's estimate or a history's. None is adopted as a matched opening strength.

supportedunresolved Cooper describes a precipitous creek bank some 30 feet high on the attackers' side, a wooded horseshoe bend 400 or 500 yards long, and the far side fortified by fallen logs; Britton calls the position naturally very strong against small arms. NPS says the chief placed his troops in a strong position at Horseshoe Bend.

Natural ground with some prepared cover, described by an interested report, a history and a summary; no map verification.