Fair Garden TN029

supportedunresolved Sturgis says he learned that the enemy had concentrated on the Fair Garden road, found on the 26th Morgan's division in front of Campbell and part of Armstrong's attacking Wolford, and that the enemy discovered La Grange's flank movement too late to oppose it. NPS says Union scouts observed the concentration.

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

supportedunresolved Sturgis says the forage south of the French Broad was almost consumed and both sides were contesting what remained, that his troops were very much worn down with continuous fighting and little to eat, that for nearly two months his command had been compelled to live mainly on parched corn, and that Wolford's and Garrard's divisions arrived at Fair Garden too late to take part in the pursuit, their commands completely exhausted. His 6 p.m. dispatch of the 27th, by contrast, says he was pushing Garrard and Wolford up, tired as they were, to make the rout complete. NPS says lack of supplies and ammunition forced the Federals to withdraw after the fighting.

Condition statements from an interested account and a summary; no supply return inspected. The report and the dispatch differ on whether Wolford and Garrard joined the pursuit; both are Sturgis.

supportedunresolved Sturgis says he determined to strike first at the force in front of Campbell and destroy it if possible before the other Confederate division could come to its relief, and directed McCook to attack at daybreak. NPS says Longstreet had told his subordinates on January 25 to curtail Union operations south of the French Broad.

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

supportedpost_outcome The frozen and live results read Union victory. Sturgis says the enemy was entirely routed about 4 p.m. after being driven all day. Longstreet says Martin was driven back 4 miles. NPS says McCook's men routed the Confederates. The next day, outside the frozen date, Longstreet reports a successful fight by Armstrong's cavalry and Sturgis withdrew from the area.

Retain the original result and engagement interval; later movements and campaign contribution are different measures. No new probabilities or individual causal credit. The later withdrawal is campaign context, not part of the frozen result.

disputedpost_outcome The frozen and live casualty texts read 265 (US 100; CS 165). Sturgis's February 4 report says his loss in the engagements of the 26th to 28th would not exceed 100 and the enemy's would not fall short of 400, and gives about 150 prisoners and 2 rifled 10-pounder guns; his evening dispatch of the 27th says over 100 prisoners, 2 pieces of 3-inch steel artillery and some 50 or 60 killed and wounded in the charge alone. Longstreet says Martin lost 200 killed, wounded and missing and 2 pieces of artillery.

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. Sturgis's 100 spans three days and is an upper estimate; his prisoner and gun descriptions differ between the dispatch and the report. 'About 150' and 'over 100' prisoners are compatible, and the two gun descriptions may describe the same two pieces; they are not separate captures.

supportedunresolved Sturgis credits McCook's division, La Grange's saber charge with the Fourth Indiana and his division and brigade commanders. Longstreet reports Martin driven back and asks for a chief of cavalry. The frozen commanders are Major General William T. Martin, Brigadier General Samuel D. Sturgis and Colonel Edward M. McCook; the live page gives Major General Samuel Sturgis and Colonel William Martin.

Attributed judgments from interested accounts; the frozen commanders do not receive automatic sole credit, and the live ranks are not adopted.

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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 a cavalry division on each side without counts; the live field reads zero. Sturgis says Wolford's division numbered at most 900 men, that the victory of the 27th was won by La Grange's and Campbell's brigades of McCook's division alone, and on the 26th that the enemy was evidently very strong. Longstreet says the Union cavalry had been greatly increased from Chattanooga and calls it a superior force.

Partial and qualitative statements; no matched count is inspected and none is adopted. The live zero is not measured absence.

supportedunresolved Sturgis says a dense fog in the early morning limited sight to a short distance, that a ridge near Hodsden's house beyond the bend of the Little Pigeon was the key to the Confederate position, and that La Grange's brigade advanced unobserved by a by-road from Dickey's house parallel to the main Newport road. NPS says the attack was made in a heavy fog.

Weather and ground described by an interested account and a summary; no map verification. Positions taken during the action are not tagged inherited.