Auburn VA039

supportedunresolved Stuart says Lomax's courier about the loss of Auburn did not reach him by 9 p.m., that captured dispatches showed the enemy did not know his position, and that his six messengers got through to Lee by 1 a.m. Humphreys says Stuart communicated his situation to Lee during the night, while Meade's information on the position of Lee's army that evening was erroneous.

Attributed knowledge from interested accounts on both sides; no message log inspected.

supportedunresolved Stuart says he saw the retreating army with an immense park of wagons between Warrenton Junction and Catlett's, and that he could have damaged the trains but held back for a movement of the whole army.

Observed Union trains from the Confederate commander's report; no transport return inspected.

supportedunresolved Stuart says Lee sent him to reconnoitre toward Catlett's Station, and that he concealed his force believing a move by the whole army would achieve more. Humphreys says Meade, with great reluctance, decided to take up the Centreville position.

Stated aims from interested accounts; the army movements are campaign context.

supportedpost_outcome The frozen result reads Inconclusive and the live result Indecisive. NPS says the Federals moved on unsuspecting. Stuart, citing Lomax's report (not inspected), says Lomax was attacked after Stuart left Auburn and that his sharpshooters held until ordered to retire.

Retain the original result and engagement interval; later movements and campaign contribution are different measures. No new probabilities or individual causal credit.

supportedpost_outcome The frozen casualty text reads 50 total; the live field reads zero. No inspected passage gives an October 13 count.

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. Humphreys' Auburn-and-Bristoe totals concern October 14 and are not assigned here.

supportedunresolved Stuart says he left Lomax to hold the Auburn road and that Lomax says he sent a courier. NPS says Stuart skirmished with the rearguard of the III Corps. The frozen commanders are Major Generals Stuart and William H. French; no inspected passage describes French's role on October 13, and the live heading gives Stuart no rank.

Command roles from interested accounts and a summary; the frozen commanders do not receive automatic sole credit.

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.

disputedunresolved The frozen force field reads Brigades; the live field reads zero. NPS says Stuart had Fitzhugh Lee's and Lomax's brigades. Stuart says he advanced with Lomax's brigade and the brigades of Funsten and Gordon, left Lomax at Auburn, and had seven guns with him when cut off. Humphreys says Stuart had a brigade of cavalry among the Second Corps and Gregg's cavalry.

The accounts name different Confederate brigades and give no counts; none is adopted. Live zeros are not measured absence.

supportedunresolved Stuart says the Auburn road was his only way out toward Warrenton, with woods on one side and a mill-race for several miles on the other. Humphreys says Stuart hid all night in a dense thicket of old-field pine; NPS calls it a wooded ravine.

Ground described by the Confederate commander, an interested history and a summary; no map verification.