Suffolk VA030

supportedunresolved French says only one gunboat could be seen on the 15th. Peck gives the Confederate force near the West Branch as reported by the best authorities.

Observation and report attributions only; no inspected signal or message log.

supportedunresolved French says that on the 15th he took Stribling's, Bradford's and Coit's batteries to the river, and withdrew the guns when a storm came on and night approached. Peck reports the force near the West Branch 'with a pontoon train under the immediate command of General French', which leaves unclear whether French commanded the force or the train.

Equipment statements from two opposing reports; no ordnance or engineer record inspected.

supportedunresolved French says he went to the river on the 15th at Longstreet's request to try to destroy the Union gunboats in the Nansemond. Peck says the Norfleet battery was opened to destroy the gunboats and cover a crossing.

French reports his own orders; Peck's statement of purpose is an opponent's inference. No inspected orders.

supportedpost_outcome The frozen result reads Inconclusive and the live result Indecisive. NPS says the Mount Washington was crippled on April 14 and that on April 15 the Union batteries drove the Confederates out of the Norfleet House position. Peck says the Mount Washington was riddled, disabled and grounded, and that on the 15th four 20-pounder rifles were dismounted and the Norfleet battery silenced. French's report of the 15th does not mention that battery being silenced.

Retain the original result and engagement interval; later movements and campaign contribution are different measures. No new probabilities or individual causal credit. Whether French's and Peck's accounts of the 15th describe the same guns is not established.

supportedpost_outcome The frozen casualty text gives only (1,160 entire siege), shared with VA031, and no engagement count; the live NPS field reads zero. The inspected Peck and French passages give no count for April 13–15.

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 siege total must not be assigned to this engagement or added to VA031's.

supportedunresolved Peck says Lieutenant Lamson's gunboats engaged the Norfleet battery on the 14th and that the Union batteries that engaged it on the 15th were under Getty's direction; French says he acted at Longstreet's request. The frozen and live ranks give Peck Brigadier General, while his report is signed Major-General; the live heading ranks Longstreet Major General against the frozen Lieutenant General.

Local execution by subordinates and naval officers; the frozen commanders Peck and Longstreet do not receive automatic sole credit. Neither heading nor signature rank is 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); the frozen battle-level 45,000 total is shared by VA030 and VA031 and its scope is not stated. No figure in this pass is adopted as a simultaneous opening force.

disputedunresolved The frozen force field reads Divisions (45,000 total), shared with VA031; the live field reads zero. NPS says the Union works were manned by 25,000 men against Longstreet's 20,000. Peck says 15,000 of Longstreet's corps were on the Blackwater and 15,000 between Petersburg and the river after late February, and that on the 15th the force between Suffolk and the West Branch was reported at 10,000.

Siege-level, pre-advance and sector figures differ in scope and source; none is adopted as a matched opening strength for April 13–15. Live zeros are not measured absence.

supportedunresolved NPS says the Confederates pushed their left to the Nansemond on April 13 and built a battery on Hill's Point that closed the river to Union shipping, and that the Federals built batteries commanding the Confederate works at Norfleet House. Peck says the enemy opened a ten-gun battery near the Norfleet house.

Works built by both sides within or just before the interval; boundaries unset and no map verification.