Savage's Station VA019
1862-06-29 to 1862-06-29 · VA · Peninsula Campaign [March-July 1862] · frozen result: Inconclusive · NPS summary (as listed)
Fourth of the Seven Days' Battles. On June 29, the main body of the Union army began a general withdrawal toward the James River. Magruder pursued along the railroad and the Williamsburg Road and struck Sumner's Corps (the Union rearguard) with three brigades near Savage's Station. Confederate Brig. Gen. Richard Giffith was mortally wounded during the fight. Jackson's divisions were stalled north of the Chickahominy. Union forces continued to withdraw across White Oak Swamp, abandoning supplies and more than 2,500 wounded soldiers in a field hospital.
Dossier claims
Draft dossier, revision . Claims are extraction records with their quoted passages, not historical adjudication. JSON
information
unknownunresolved
No original reconnaissance, order or message chain was inspected to establish the commanders’ contemporary knowledge. Retrospective explanations of beliefs, surprise or missed opportunities are not independently verified information states.
logistics
supportedpost_outcome NPS says Union forces continued across White Oak Swamp while abandoning supplies and a field hospital.
Withdrawal logistics rather than opening readiness; hospital patients are not automatically casualties incurred in this engagement.
Union forces continued to withdraw across White Oak Swamp, abandoning supplies and more than 2,500 wounded soldiers in a field hospital.nps-va019-v1, Description · snapshot
3cdcbaa9610e…objectives
supportedunresolved NPS frames the action as Confederate pursuit of a Union army withdrawing toward the James River.
Operational setting, not an inspected complete set of success criteria for either side.
the main body of the Union army began a general withdrawal toward the James River.nps-va019-v1, Description · snapshot
3cdcbaa9610e…outcome
disputedpost_outcome Webb describes 2,500 sick and wounded left in the hospital and 500 medical men and attendants remaining with them; NPS describes more than 2,500 wounded.
Counts and categories differ. Do not convert hospital occupants into newly wounded, add them to aggregate casualties or treat the medical staff as combat strength.
2,500 sick and woundedwebb-peninsula-selections-v1, p.141 (OCR page markers; not checked against print) · snapshot
3be92161e849…medical men, surgeons, and attendants, who remained behind, to the number of 500webb-peninsula-selections-v1, p.141 (OCR page markers; not checked against print) · snapshot
3be92161e849…more than 2,500 wounded soldiers in a field hospital.nps-va019-v1, Description · snapshot
3cdcbaa9610e…supportedpost_outcome The frozen result remains Inconclusive.
Retain the frozen outcome and engagement interval. A tactical result, later retreat, success at a local sector and campaign contribution are different measures. No causal effect, half-win or extra independent victory is inferred.
disputedpost_outcome The frozen casualty text reads 4,700 total (US 2,500 wounded were captured). The live NPS table reads 1363 total (US 919; CS 444;).
Preserve source versions and population boundaries. No original return was inspected to reconcile totals, categories, missing side breakdowns or reporting cutoffs. A zero display is not no losses; casualties and captured hospital populations are not opening strength. Do not add overlapping battle/component totals.
4,700 total (US 2,500 wounded were captured)arnold-cwsac-battles, battle VA019; column casualties_text · snapshot
952b5d08402a…responsibility
supportedunresolved NPS assigns the rearguard to Sumner and the attack to three brigades under Magruder, with Jackson’s divisions stalled north of the Chickahominy.
Separate commands and participation; principal listings do not establish equal or exclusive credit.
struck Sumner's Corps (the Union rearguard) with three brigadesnps-va019-v1, Description · snapshot
3cdcbaa9610e…Jackson's divisions were stalled north of the Chickahominy.nps-va019-v1, Description · snapshot
3cdcbaa9610e…strength
unknownunresolved
No inspected return establishes matched personnel at a common opening boundary. The frozen side-specific numerical bounds are blank; zero displays, vessel lists, combined army totals and later casualties cannot fill them.
disputedunresolved The frozen force field reads Divisions; the live NPS table reads 0 total (US 0; CS 0;).
These are source fields, not matched opening returns. Preserve vessel versus personnel units, unspecified formations and combined versus side totals. Shared NPS/CWSAC provenance supplies no independent confirmation; displayed zeros are not measured absence.
terrain
supportedunresolved NPS describes pursuit along the railroad and Williamsburg Road to the rearguard near Savage’s Station.
Routes and position only; not a verified map or numeric terrain factor.
Magruder pursued along the railroad and the Williamsburg Roadnps-va019-v1, Description · snapshot
3cdcbaa9610e…Open questions
- Original orders, personnel and casualty returns, contemporary message chains, disputed totals and precise command clocks remain deferred after the bounded follow-up. No OCR-to-print or map verification is claimed.
- Keep opening, reinforced, engaged, hospital, captured and vessel populations distinct. Source fields and retrospective judgments do not establish causal contributions.
- Preserve frozen outcomes and campaign membership, including combined/component rows; no automatic commander credit or battle/campaign double counting.