Hanover PA001

supportedunresolved Stuart says he was satisfied from every source and the lapse of time that the Army of Northern Virginia must be near the Susquehanna. Doubleday says Stuart turned toward Hanover to avoid Kilpatrick, whom he learned was waiting at Littlestown.

Attributed knowledge in Stuart's report and an interested history; no inspected message log.

supportedunresolved Stuart says the 200 wagons and hilly roads elongated his column so that Hampton was far behind, that the train was a serious embarrassment, that his 'numerous skirmishers' (OCR reading, not checked against print) had almost exhausted his ammunition, and that he held about 400 prisoners.

Supply statements from the Confederate commander's report; no inspected return.

supportedunresolved NPS says Stuart was riding north around the Union army and was forced by Hanover to continue north and east, further delaying his attempt to rejoin Lee. Stuart says he detoured through Jefferson for York to save his train.

Stated aims and effects from a summary and the Confederate commander's report.

disputedpost_outcome The frozen result reads Inconclusive and the live result Indecisive. NPS says a stalemate ensued. Doubleday says the arrival of Custer's brigade decided the fight in the Union favor and Stuart retreated; Stuart says Hampton dislodged the enemy from the town before the column moved on.

Retain the original result and engagement interval; later movements and campaign contribution are different measures. No new probabilities or individual causal credit. The accounts differ on who held the town at the end; none is adopted.

disputedpost_outcome The frozen casualty text reads 330 total; the live field reads 228 total (US 154; CS 74;). No count is given in the inspected passages.

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.

supportedunresolved Stuart says the enemy column would have been at his mercy had his command been closed up. NPS says Farnsworth's counterattack nearly captured Stuart and that Custer's brigade reinforced Farnsworth. The compiler notes that Lee bracketed a sentence of this report 'Omit, if published.' The frozen commanders are Stuart, a Major General, and Kilpatrick, a Brigadier General; the live heading gives Stuart no rank.

Judgments and the counterfactual are attributed; the frozen commanders do not receive 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.

supportedunresolved The frozen force field reads Brigades and the live field zero. Stuart says his column was greatly elongated by some 200 wagons and that his position was impregnable to cavalry even with so small a force; Doubleday names Kilpatrick's main body and Custer's arriving brigade. No count is given.

No numerical opening figure is inspected. Live zeros are not measured absence.

supportedunresolved Stuart says Hanover lay in a valley completely commanded by the heights his command held, soon crowned by his artillery.

Ground from one interested report; no map verification.