Parker's Cross Roads TN011

supportedunresolved NPS says Confederate security detachments failed to warn of Fuller's approach; Jordan and Pryor say Colonel Carroll informed Forrest that a fresh and superior force had reached the field, and that Forrest was within eighty yards of its line before he could discover it. They also say Dunham's report states he had learned at Clarksburg that the Confederate force was 8,000 strong with 12 guns.

Retrospective accounts of what each side knew. Dunham's statement is paraphrased inside the book (report not inspected) and concerns information he had at Clarksburg before the battle, not his knowledge during it.

supportedunresolved Jordan and Pryor describe Forrest's command as jaded before the battle, and say an ordnance train brought back by an ordnance officer's blunder fell into Federal hands.

Condition and supply statements from the commander-endorsed history; no inspected return or readiness measure.

supportedunresolved NPS says Sullivan tried to cut Forrest off from recrossing the Tennessee; Jordan and Pryor say Forrest, with his command jaded, chose to hold his position and risk battle.

Stated purposes from a summary and a commander-endorsed history; no inspected orders.

disputedpost_outcome The frozen result is Confederate victory, as is the live field. NPS says both sides claimed victory, the Confederate claims appearing more credible, and that the Confederates withdrew across the Tennessee; Jordan and Pryor say Forrest withdrew to Lexington that evening.

Retain the original result and engagement interval; later movements and campaign contribution are different measures. No new probabilities or individual causal credit. Both sides claimed victory; the frozen label is retained.

disputedpost_outcome The frozen casualty text and live field agree: 737 total (US 237; CS 500). Jordan and Pryor give Confederate losses of some twenty-five killed, not over seventy-five wounded and about 250 captured, and Federal losses of at least fifty killed, 150 wounded and about 100 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. The commander-endorsed figures differ from the frozen split and are not adopted.

supportedunresolved Jordan and Pryor say Napier charged without Forrest's orders and was mortally wounded, and that Forrest answered a Federal surrender demand by claiming he had already surrendered before galloping off; NPS says Dunham refused Forrest's demand for unconditional surrender. The live heading ranks Forrest Major General against the frozen Brigadier General.

Subordinate and army command roles from a commander-endorsed history and a summary; no listed commander receives automatic sole credit. The heading rank 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 text gives two Union brigades of approx. 3,000 (structured US bounds 3,000/3,000) and a Confederate expeditionary brigade; the live field reads 3000 total (US 3000; CS 0;). Jordan and Pryor say the Confederates present did not exceed 1,200 with six guns and at no moment in the day exceeded twelve hundred, against a Federal brigade, battery and cavalry detachment of not less than 1,800. They total regimental figures attributed to Dunham's official report as 1,554, and say a Chicago Tribune correspondent's figures for two regiments (604 and 600) would make the brigade 1,824. They describe the later Federal arrival as two fresh brigades; NPS names Fuller's brigade.

Brigade, army and reported figures differ in scope and timing. The 1,554 and 1,824 totals are the book's arithmetic from figures it attributes to Dunham's report (not inspected) and a newspaper; substituting 604 and 600 into the OCR components gives 1,704, so the printed 1,824 does not reproduce (OCR not checked against print). The book's two arriving brigades differ from NPS's Fuller brigade. None is adopted as matched opening strength.

supportedunresolved NPS says Forrest first held a wooded ridge northwest of Dunham; Jordan and Pryor describe the Federals formed in an open undulating field and later behind a strong fence in the woods, with the Confederates partly in a peach-orchard.

Retrospective position descriptions; no map verification or numerical terrain effect.