Bean's Station TN026

disputedunresolved Longstreet says his infantry reached Bean's Station in good time and surprised the enemy completely, but that W. E. Jones's information about his movements was not correct. The frozen description says a column was skirmishing with Union pickets by 2 a.m. and that the pickets warned Shackelford; Parke reported that the enemy attacked Shackelford at 2 p.m.

The frozen description's 2 a.m. picket skirmishing, followed 'soon' by a battle lasting most of the day, differs from Parke's report of an attack at 2 p.m.; the passages may describe different phases, and neither clock is adopted. Longstreet's complete surprise differs from the description's picket warning. Attributed knowledge from interested accounts.

supportedunresolved Longstreet says heavy rains on the 13th retarded the march, that he had halved the bread ration at Rogersville to build a few days' supply, and that McLaws reported on the 15th that his troops had had no bread for two days.

Supply statements from the Confederate commander; no return inspected.

supportedunresolved Longstreet says he hoped to surprise and capture the force at Bean's Station with his main column, Martin's cavalry on the south side and W. E. Jones's cavalry closing the gap. Parke had directed Shackelford to hold Bean's Station in force and make no advance unless further orders or developments required it.

Stated plans from interested accounts; not a causal estimate.

supportedpost_outcome The frozen and live results read Confederate victory. The frozen description says the Federals retired by nightfall toward Blain's Cross Roads; Parke reported that after dark Shackelford was compelled to fall back a short distance; Longstreet says his column could only drive the enemy back.

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 1,600 (US 700; CS 900); the live field reads 337 (US 115; CS 222). No inspected passage gives a count.

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 frozen and live figures differ by a factor of almost five.

disputedunresolved Longstreet says Martin's cavalry crossed late and only in part, Jones retired from the gap, that Law, ordered on the night of the 14th to march early the following day, reported to Jenkins between 3 and 4 in the afternoon, and that when pursuit was ordered for daylight after the enemy retreated a little after night, Law's complaint of hardships, McLaws's still-unfed troops and a strong desire for rest made him abandon it, the second time in the campaign the enemy escaped. The frozen commanders are Lieutenant General Longstreet and Brigadier General Shackelford; the live heading ranks Longstreet Major General.

Judgments are attributed; the pursuit decision falls after the frozen date. The frozen commanders do not receive automatic sole credit, and the live rank is not adopted.

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 Cavalry Corps, Department of the Ohio, and the Confederate forces in East Tennessee without counts; the live field is blank. The frozen description says Shackelford had about 4,000 cavalry and infantry. Longstreet says he was told there were three brigades of cavalry and one of infantry at Bean's Station, and that his column was infantry and artillery only. Parke relays a prisoner's statement that he belonged to an infantry brigade read "Grade’s" in OCR (not checked against print) and that this brigade had the advance.

No matched count is inspected; none is adopted. The live blank is not measured absence.

supportedunresolved Longstreet says Kershaw was sent to cut off the force holding the gap, that the enemy escaped to a strong position 3 miles away, and that it was strengthened overnight with rail defenses. The frozen description says the Federals retired through Bean's Gap.

Positions and field works made within and just after the day; no inherited tag is used. No map verification.