Manassas, Second VA026

disputedunresolved NPS says Pope attacked on August 30 seemingly unaware Longstreet was on the field. Ropes says Pope knew on the 29th that Longstreet had joined Jackson, believed the reinforcement small, and dismissed Porter's information about Longstreet's strength.

The two accounts differ on what Pope knew; both are retrospective. No original despatch chain was inspected.

supportedunresolved Ropes says Union troops were exhausted from marching, fighting and want of food after August 29.

Attributed condition, not a ration return or readiness score.

supportedunresolved Ropes prints Pope's noon order of August 30 to pursue the enemy, and says Lee let the Union attack on Jackson develop while preparing Longstreet's flank attack.

Pope's order is quoted by Ropes, not inspected; Lee's intention is a retrospective inference.

supportedpost_outcome Ropes calls the August 28 Gainesville (Brawner Farm) action a drawn battle; NPS calls it a stalemate.

A sub-action inside the frozen August 28–30 interval, not a separate engagement or added result.

disputedpost_outcome The frozen result remains Confederate victory. NPS says the Union left was crushed and the retreat precipitous; Ropes calls it a severe defeat but not a rout, with the army retiring in good order.

Retain the original result and engagement interval; later movements and campaign contribution are different measures. No new probabilities or individual causal credit. The sources disagree on the retreat's character; neither is adopted.

disputedpost_outcome The frozen casualty text reads 22,180 total (US 13,830; CS 8,350); the live NPS field reads 22179 total (US 13826; CS 8353;). Ropes cites the Confederate official list of casualties at Manassas Plains in August 1862 as 7,241 killed and wounded, and Jackson's reported total loss of 4,387 from the Rappahannock to the Potomac, disputes Lee's 7,000 unwounded prisoners, and says Federal losses can only be conjectured without returns.

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. Neither Ropes Confederate figure is bounded to this interval: the 7,241 is labelled only 'at Manassas Plains, in August, 1862' (killed and wounded), and Jackson's 4,387 runs from the Rappahannock to the Potomac, which Ropes would distribute over August 28–September 1.

supportedunresolved Ropes says McDowell was assigned the pursuit and then devoted himself to defending the turnpike; Longstreet says he made no infantry movement while his batteries enfiladed the attack on Jackson. Frozen commanders are Pope, Lee and Jackson; the live heading ranks Lee Major General against the frozen General.

Wing and subordinate command shaped the fighting; no listed commander receives automatic sole credit. Quoted reports are not inspected originals; the heading 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 says Armies; the live field reads zero. NPS gives Longstreet's counterattacking wing as 28,000; Ropes says only Gibbon's and Doubleday's brigades were engaged on August 28 against Taliaferro's division and two of Ewell's brigades.

Changing daily populations over three days; no matched opening strength. Live zeros are not measured absence.

supportedunresolved NPS and Ropes place Jackson behind an unfinished railroad; Ropes says the Henry House and Bald Hills south of the turnpike were of first importance, and woods concealed Longstreet's approach.

Position descriptions; no map verification or numerical terrain effect.