Sabine Pass II TX006

supportedunresolved Franklin says the Granite City with Crocker's pilot arrived late, Crocker missed the Pass in the night, and the intended surprise became an open attack after two nights' warning. Crocker also says the advantage of surprise was lost. Dowling says the sentinel reported the enemy signaling about 2 a.m. on Monday and the fleet grew to twenty-two vessels by evening.

Knowledge attributed in interested reports; no message log inspected.

supportedunresolved Franklin says fresh water was nearly exhausted, the men were on uncooked rations with no fuel ashore, and that 200,000 rations and 200 mules were thrown overboard on the return.

Supply statements from an interested report; not returns.

supportedunresolved Franklin says the gunboats were to silence the battery while Weitzel's troops landed and held a position until the rest arrived; the adopted plan sent the Sachem and Arizona up one channel to draw the fort's fire and the Clifton up the other to engage at close range, with 500 infantry landing at the old fort. Dowling says he held fire until the leading boats were within 1,200 yards.

Stated plans from interested reports; NPS's statement of intent to begin occupying Texas is a summary.

supportedpost_outcome The frozen and live results read Confederate victory. Dowling says the Sachem surrendered after a shot through her steam-drum and the grounded Clifton after twenty-five to thirty-five minutes; Franklin and Crocker agree both gunboats surrendered and the expedition withdrew.

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 US 230 and CS unknown; the live field reads 350 (US 350; CS 0); NPS says about 200 prisoners. Dowling says about 350 prisoners were taken with two gunboats and thirteen guns. Franklin says there were no losses beyond those Weitzel reported (not selected). No Confederate loss figure appears in the selected reports.

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. Prisoner counts may include naval crews; the frozen 230 is not traced.

disputedunresolved The frozen commanders are Lieutenant Richard W. Dowling, Major General William B. Franklin and Captain Frederick Crocker (navy); the live page gives Franklin as brigadier general, not adopted. Dowling commanded the fort. Franklin says the plan was adopted with Crocker and that he decided to recross the bar. Crocker says the Granite City and General Banks made no attempt to follow and blames Franklin for failing to co-operate; Franklin says Weitzel's report shows why the landing could not be carried out. The accounts also differ on when the attack began: Crocker says it was 4 p.m. before Franklin was ready to co-operate, Franklin that the gunboats' movement commenced at 3, and Dowling that the fleet stayed out of range until 3.40. Crocker signs as Acting Volunteer Lieutenant; Franklin calls him Lieutenant-Commander and Captain; the frozen rank Captain is not adopted.

Opposing interested accounts of responsibility; neither is adopted, and no automatic sole credit.

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 field gives 4 gunboats and 7 transports with troops and the Davis Guards as 44 men (CS bounds 44 and 44); the live field reads CS 44 and NPS 44 men. Dowling says he captured the gunboats with 47 men and that twenty-two vessels had gathered. Franklin says about 700 infantry, a field battery and eight heavy guns were inside the bar by 10 o'clock with 700 more aground on it, and 1,200 infantry that could be landed after the engagement; Weitzel's advance had about 1,000 infantry.

Garrison and embarked-force figures of different moments and scopes: Weitzel's 1,000 at embarkation on September 4; 700 inside the bar and 700 aground at about 10 a.m. on September 8; 1,200 landable after the engagement; Dowling's 47 in the fort on September 8. Magruder's 40 and 15,000 (read, not selected) are not used. None is adopted as a matched opening strength.

supportedinherited Franklin says vessels drawing over 6 feet could hardly cross the bar, the shore was soft marsh in which men sank above the knee, and the channel divided about 1,000 yards below the fort into two branches. Dowling describes the Louisiana and Texas channels and the Clifton grounding about 500 yards below the fort.

Natural bar, marsh and channels from interested reports; the fort and its field of fire are excluded from this tag. No chart inspected.