Buckland Mills VA042

supportedunresolved Humphreys says Kilpatrick's scouts first reported no enemy on either flank, then brought word of Fitzhugh Lee's advance from Greenwich. Stuart says he agreed to turn on the enemy at Lee's signal gun and attacked on hearing it.

Attributed knowledge from interested accounts.

supportedunresolved Stuart says forage for the horses was his greatest concern in the campaign, and that he captured 8 wagons and ambulances and Custer's headquarters baggage.

Supply statements from the Confederate commander's report; no return inspected.

supportedunresolved Stuart says Fitzhugh Lee suggested that he retire toward Warrenton, drawing the enemy after him, while Lee attacked from Auburn in flank and rear. Humphreys says Kilpatrick was sent forward to discover the enemy's movements and that Stuart's slow retreat had been agreed with Lee.

Stated plans from interested accounts; not a causal estimate.

disputedpost_outcome The frozen and live results read Confederate victory. NPS says the Union cavalry was lured into an ambush and routed; Stuart calls the rout the most complete any cavalry suffered in the war. Stuart's dispatch dated October 20 places the fight 'yesterday', and his later report (same family) says 'On the next day, October 20,' the command followed the retreat; Humphreys narrates the fight on the 20th.

Retain the original result and engagement interval; later movements and campaign contribution are different measures. No new probabilities or individual causal credit. The date conflict is recorded, not resolved; the frozen October 19 is retained.

disputedpost_outcome The frozen casualty text reads 230 total; the live field reads zero. Humphreys, citing the Medical and Surgical History, gives 20 killed, 60 wounded and 100 missing in Kilpatrick's division and 10 killed and 40 wounded in Stuart's cavalry, which sum to 230 (a computation here). Stuart reported about 200 prisoners and about 30 casualties in his dispatch and about 250 prisoners in his later report.

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.

disputedunresolved Stuart gives great credit to Fitzhugh Lee for the plan. The frozen commanders are Stuart and Kilpatrick, both Major Generals; Stuart calls Kilpatrick Brigadier-General and the live heading gives Brigadier General Hugh Kilpatrick.

The frozen Kilpatrick rank conflicts with Stuart and the live heading; none is adopted. The frozen commanders do not receive automatic sole credit.

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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). No figure in this pass is adopted as a simultaneous opening force.

supportedunresolved The frozen force field reads Divisions; the live field reads zero. Stuart gives Kilpatrick ten regiments of cavalry and six guns. Humphreys says the whole Confederate cavalry was engaged, with 6,867 enlisted men present on its October 20 return, against Kilpatrick's 3,500 on September 30.

Returns and a regiment count differ in date and scope; none is adopted. Live zeros are not measured absence.

supportedunresolved Stuart says he first held positions along Broad Run and then fell back to Chestnut Hill, within '2-J' miles of Warrenton (OCR; the October 20 dispatch reads '2£'; probably 2½, not checked against print). Humphreys says Custer's brigade forced the passage of Broad Run at Buckland Mills.

Positions from interested accounts; no map verification.