Cabin Creek OK006

supportedunresolved Williams says it was known that a large force had been concentrated to attack the train, and he took the enemy's strength from prisoners. Britton says prisoners taken by Parsons's Cherokees gave Watie's position and strength and Cabell's inability to cross, and that Indian women had earlier brought word of Cabell to Fort Gibson. NPS says Williams learned Watie intended to attack him at the crossing.

Attributed knowledge from an interested report, a history and a summary; no original messages inspected.

supportedunresolved The action was fought to pass a supply train to Fort Gibson. Britton says Phillips's command was on short rations and then a diet of fresh beef, salt, rice and wheat before the train arrived, and that the train was corralled on the prairie a mile or so back from the ford; Williams puts it about 2 miles from the ford. NPS says the train delivered its supplies to Fort Gibson.

Train movements from an interested report, a history and a summary; no quartermaster record inspected.

supportedunresolved Britton says Watie meant to attack the escort and train while crossing and, once the Federals came to fight, to hold them until Cabell could join. Williams says the prime object was to conduct the train, so he did not delay to pursue. NPS says Watie was waiting for Cabell before attacking the train.

Stated aims from a history, an interested report and a summary.

supportedpost_outcome The frozen result reads Union victory and the live result Union Victory. Williams says the cavalry charge broke the enemy's centre and put him to flight, pursued for 5 miles, and the train reached Fort Blunt on the 5th; Britton gives the same outcome.

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 88 total (US 23; CS 65); the live field reads 80 (US 21; CS 59). Williams gives his loss as 1 killed and about 20 wounded, and estimates the enemy's at not less than 50 killed, as many wounded and 9 prisoners. Britton gives the official Federal loss as three killed and thirty wounded, and Williams's Confederate estimate as about fifty killed and nine prisoners.

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. Williams's Confederate figures are an estimate.

supportedunresolved Williams, accompanying the train, laid the plan of attack after consulting Dodd, who commanded the escort, and Foreman; Britton calls him the ranking officer present. Britton says Watie seems to have made very little effort to rally his men after the line broke. The frozen commanders are Colonel Stand Watie and Colonel James M. Williams.

Command roles from an interested report and a history; the listed 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 force field reads Detachments from nine units [US] and two regiments and detachments from two other units (approx. 1,600-1,800) [CS]; the frozen CS bounds are both 1,600. The live field reads 1500 (US 0; CS 1500), while the live description gives Watie about 1,600 to 1,800 and Cabell about 1,500 reinforcements. Williams says prisoners put the enemy at 1,600 to 1,800, naming Watie's and McIntosh's regiments and 600 men of two Texas regiments (a compiler's note says the Twenty-seventh Texas was then in Mississippi), and that his attacking column was less than 900 men. Britton gives Watie about sixteen hundred, Cabell about fifteen hundred with three guns (unable to cross), and Foreman's reinforcement of six hundred mounted men.

A prisoners' estimate, an attacking-column figure and a history's figures; the frozen upper bound does not match its own text. None is adopted as a matched opening strength. The live US zero is not measured absence.

supportedunresolved Williams says the enemy was strongly posted on Cabin Creek commanding the ford, concealed behind logs in thick brush, and that the creek, swollen by rain, was too high to cross the train on July 1; his infantry waded to the armpits the next morning. Britton says a line of rifle-pits on the south bank was covered with willow boughs so it could not be seen from the north bank. NPS says high water on Grand River detained Cabell and on Cabin Creek prevented a crossing at first.

Ground and water from an interested report, a history and a summary; the concealed works predate the attack, but their exact timing is not established.