Murfreesboro TN006

disputedunresolved NPS says Forrest's cavalry surprised the Union pickets between 4:15 and 4:30 am; Cist says Forrest arrived about five o'clock and captured the pickets.

Surprise is a summary judgment, not an inspected record of Union knowledge. The two clocks differ and are retained without reconciliation.

supportedinherited NPS describes Murfreesboro as an important Union supply center on the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad.

Inherited site function from a modern summary; no depot inventory was inspected.

supportedunresolved NPS gives the major objective as striking Murfreesboro at dawn on July 13.

Modern summary of purpose, not an inspected original order. Later diversion of Union forces is a campaign-contribution claim, not part of the tactical objective.

disputedpost_outcome The frozen result is Confederate victory; the live NPS result field reads Union Victory. The NPS narrative says all Union units surrendered to Forrest.

Retain the original result and engagement interval; later movements and campaign contribution are different measures. No new probabilities or individual causal credit. The live result field conflicts with the frozen record and its own narrative; the frozen value is retained and the conflict is not silently corrected.

disputedpost_outcome The frozen casualty text reads 1,040 total (US 890; CS 150). The live NPS field reads 1350 total (US 1200; CS 150;).

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.

supportedpost_outcome Cist reports about 600 horses and mules and large stores captured or destroyed; NPS says supplies were destroyed and track torn up.

Post-outcome material consequences, not an inspected inventory. Cist's dollar valuation is not adopted as a measure.

disputedunresolved NPS places the garrison under Crittenden, who arrived July 12. Cist says Crittenden and Duffield returned on July 11, that neither assumed command, and that no one was in command.

The arrival date and whether anyone exercised effective command conflict. Cist's judgment is an interested retrospective opinion. The frozen listed commander is not automatically assigned the Union result.

supportedcommander_created Cist says Forrest's officers urged withdrawal around one o'clock and he refused, then arranged further attacks and surrender demands.

Attributed in-battle decision by the Confederate commander. Its contribution to the result is not estimated, and the source is not an inspected original. The live heading ranks Forrest as Major General, against the frozen Brigadier General; the heading is not adopted.

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 gives about 1,400 Confederates, as does the live NPS field; Cist says Forrest advanced with about two thousand men.

Different retrospective estimates without inspected returns. The NPS narrative describes units joining on the way; no common counting point is established.

disputedunresolved The frozen force field gives detachments from four Union units, approx. 900; Cist says 1,700 troops surrendered with four guns. The live NPS Union force field is zero.

A surrender count and a force estimate are different populations and times; neither is adopted as the opening garrison. Live zero is not measured absence.

supportedunresolved NPS says the garrison camped in three locations around town; Cist says Lester had distributed the troops in different parts of town, and describes a camp guard behind a wagon barricade and rock ledges.

Pre-attack dispositions and local cover, not a map-verified position or numerical terrain effect. The dispersion was a Union subordinate's choice before the raid.