Collierville TN022

supportedunresolved Chalmers says his scouts reported that the enemy was evacuating the railroad, with only one cavalry regiment at Germantown and one at Collierville, and that citizens confirmed it, and he learned only afterward that Hatch had camped at Germantown with three regiments ready to reinforce. Hatch says he heard at 8 a.m. that the pickets were fighting at Coldwater. NPS says scouts warned Hatch.

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

supportedunresolved Chalmers says his ammunition had not been replenished since his last movement and that he had to build two floating bridges to cross the Tallahatchie. Hatch reported on the afternoon of the 3d that he was short of ammunition.

Supply statements from interested accounts; no return inspected.

supportedunresolved Chalmers says Johnston ordered him to harass Sherman's rear and break the railroad; he proposed a demonstration on Germantown or Collierville to draw off the Union cavalry, then changed his plan and attacked Collierville. NPS says the raid was meant to break up the railroad behind Sherman's corps.

Stated aims from the Confederate commander and a summary; not a causal estimate.

supportedpost_outcome The frozen and live results read Union victory. Hatch reported the enemy badly whipped by 3 o'clock and in full retreat; Chalmers says he withdrew in good order by alternate brigades. NPS says the railroad remained open to Tuscumbia.

Retain the original result and engagement interval; later movements and campaign contribution are different measures. No new probabilities or individual causal credit.

supportedpost_outcome The frozen and live casualty fields give 155 (US 60; CS 95). Hatch says his loss would not exceed 60 and that he captured 50 prisoners and 7 officers. Chalmers gives his loss at Collierville as 6 killed, 63 wounded and 26 prisoners ('misoners' in OCR); his casualty return's grand total reads 95. He separately says that at the Quinn's Mill picket his men killed 2, wounded 4 too severely to move and captured a lieutenant and 26 men.

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. Hatch's 60 is an upper estimate; the Quinn's Mill picket losses are a separate morning action.

supportedunresolved Hatch says he ordered Trafton to put the Collierville force into the stockade, ordered the Second Iowa to move rapidly toward Collierville, and had ordered the Sixth Illinois to move behind the line and charge when a Confederate brigade charged the Union left and rear. Chalmers says that on discovering the true force he decided at once to withdraw, and that Colonel George rode into the town without the main body of his regiment following. The frozen and live commanders are Colonel Edward Hatch and Brigadier General James R. Chalmers.

Command roles from interested accounts; the frozen commanders do not receive automatic sole credit.

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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.

supportedunresolved The frozen force field gives the 3rd Cavalry Brigade (850) against a cavalry division (2,500); the live field reads zero. Hatch says his force engaged at Collierville was about 850 men, and that Chalmers commanded seven regiments and six guns. Chalmers says his scouts reported only one Union cavalry regiment at Collierville, but that at the first fire he found infantry, artillery and cavalry in position.

Hatch's 850 matches the frozen Union bound; no inspected source gives a Confederate count. The imported bounds are unchanged and not validated. Chalmers's 'infantry, artillery, and cavalry' at the first fire conflicts with Hatch's report, which lists cavalry and artillery at Collierville.

supportedunresolved Hatch says he ordered Trafton to throw the Collierville force into the stockade and that the First Illinois Light Artillery came into position at a gallop on a ridge east of the town. Before attacking, Chalmers says he felt able to encounter the two supposed cavalry regiments "even behind intrenchments"; this states his expectation, not what he found. After the engagement, at the Coldwater (outside this record), Hatch says the Confederates had a position almost impregnable.

The stockade's construction date is not established; positions from interested accounts. No map verification. Chalmers's intrenchment phrase is a conditional pre-attack judgment.