Wauhatchie TN021

supportedunresolved NPS says the attack, scheduled for 10 p.m., was delayed by confusion until midnight, and that Geary's division was surprised. Bratton says his skirmishers found commotion in the Union camp and could not tell whether it was preparation to receive or to leave. Cist says a regiment ordered by Howard to hold the Chattanooga road skirmished with the Confederate advance about midnight.

Attributed knowledge from a summary and interested accounts; no message log inspected.

supportedunresolved Cist says the besieged army's forage ran so low that artillery horses starved, and that using the river would let supplies reach Chattanooga over a wagon road of only eight miles from Kelley's Ferry via Brown's Ferry; Geary's division was ordered to encamp near Wauhatchie with the object of holding the road to Kelley's Ferry. NPS says the Federals could then receive supplies by the Cracker Line.

Supply context from an interested history and a summary; the siege's supply situation is campaign context, not a measurement for this record.

supportedunresolved NPS says Longstreet and Bragg decided on a night attack on Wauhatchie Station after watching the Union movements. Cist says the attack on Howard was meant to keep him from reinforcing Geary until Geary was routed. Bratton says the position was favorable for a grand charge when he was ordered to withdraw.

Stated aims from a summary and interested accounts; not a causal estimate.

supportedpost_outcome The frozen and live results read Union victory. NPS says the Confederates fell back to Lookout Mountain as Union reinforcements arrived. Cist says the Confederates were repulsed and the Union held the field. Bratton says his brigade withdrew in order, bringing away most of its wounded, and was the last to recross the creek.

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 828 (US 420; CS 408); the live field reads 572 (US 216; CS 356). Cist gives the Union loss as 76 killed, 339 wounded and 22 missing, 437 in all, says the Confederate loss is unknown, and says Geary buried 153 Confederates and 100 prisoners were taken. Bratton's inclosure totals 31 killed, 286 wounded and 39 missing, 356, for Jenkins' brigade; two rows show only three figures in OCR (6th South Carolina '13 3 16'; Palmetto Sharpshooters '6 35 44'); blank or dropped cells are not reconstructed or checked against print.

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. Bratton's brigade total equals the live Confederate figure; the Brown's Ferry losses of October 27 are not added. The match does not establish that the live figure derives from Bratton or covers the other Confederate brigades.

supportedunresolved Bratton says he received orders to withdraw because the enemy was pressing in the rear, where Lieutenant-Colonel Logan was about to engage. Cist credits Geary's skill and coolness and says Hooker ordered Howard to double-quick his nearest division, Schurz's, to Geary's assistance and ordered Orland Smith's charge. The frozen and live commanders are Major General Joseph Hooker and Brigadier General Micah Jenkins.

Command roles from interested accounts; 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 names the XI Corps and the 2nd Division, XII Corps, against Hood's Division, without counts; the live field reads zero. Cist says the enemy attacked Geary in greatly superior numbers. Bratton says the enemy's line of fire was not more than 300 or 400 yards long.

No count is inspected; relative claims are not counts. Live zeros are not measured absence.

supportedunresolved Cist says Geary's division was ordered to encamp near Wauhatchie, some three miles (OCR "Borne three miles") up the valley from Howard's position, so the two camps could not keep communication or form one line, and that Orland Smith's brigade charged a hill almost inaccessible by daylight to reach Confederate intrenchments. Bratton says his brigade crossed Lookout Creek near the railroad bridge and saw the Union camp by its fires.

Positions chosen on the day and ground from interested accounts; no inherited tag is used. No map verification. Cist's OCR reads "Borne three miles"; read as "some" and not checked against print.