Ream's Station VA068

supportedunresolved Wilson says he learned only on reaching Reams' Station that no part of the Weldon Railroad was held by the Union infantry, contrary to his expectation, and that his aide reached army headquarters at about 10 a.m.; NPS says the station was thought to be held by Union infantry.

Attributed knowledge from the raid commander and a summary.

supportedunresolved Wilson says he ordered all the ammunition the troops could carry issued and the wagons and caissons destroyed, and that twelve field guns, four mountain howitzers and 30 wagons and ambulances were abandoned.

The raid commander's statement; no return inspected.

supportedunresolved Wilson says he intended to mass the command and break through to cross the railroad north of Reams' Station and join the army's left, then turned south when that proved impossible; Lee reports the Confederates attacked to rout the raiders.

Stated aims from interested accounts.

supportedpost_outcome The frozen and live results read Confederate victory. Lee's June 29 dispatch, which opens by relaying Hampton's report, says the enemy was completely routed with guns, prisoners, wagons and ambulances captured (the dispatch does not separate Hampton's report from Lee's own words); Wilson says the attack threw his whole rear into confusion, and that his guns fell into enemy hands but were not captured in the fight.

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

disputedpost_outcome The frozen casualty text reads 600 total (1,817 for the entire raid); the live field reads zero. Lee reports over 1,000 prisoners, 13 guns and 30 wagons and ambulances taken over the whole expedition; Wilson gives about 900 killed, wounded and missing for the expedition and said on July 3 the missing could not yet be estimated.

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. Lee's and Wilson's figures are raid-wide and not assigned to this record.

supportedunresolved Wilson says he ordered the withdrawal by the Stage road and that Kautz did not regain the road; Lee's dispatch relaying Hampton's report describes Mahone's attack in front and Fitzhugh Lee's turning of the flank. The frozen commanders are Major Generals Mahone and Fitzhugh Lee (CS), Major General Wilson and Brigadier General Kautz (US); the frozen VA067 row gives Wilson as Brigadier General. The live page lists Hancock and Heth, the commanders of the August 25 battle.

Roles attributed as stated; the live commander field and the rank difference are recorded, not adopted. No listed commander receives 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 'Divisions' and the live field zero. Wilson's February 1865 report says Kautz found Hoke's division at Reams' Station, and describes Hampton's two divisions, another large force and W. H. F. Lee's division around him; his July 3 report says Kautz's prisoners were from Finegan's brigade of Mahone's division and that not less than a brigade of infantry with guns barred the road. Lee names a portion of Mahone's division and Fitzhugh Lee's cavalry; NPS names Mahone's division.

Identifications of formations, one of them disputed (Hoke against Mahone); no count. None is adopted as a matched opening strength; live zeros are not measured absence.

supportedinherited Wilson says the guns could not be got through the swamp of Hatcher's Run and Rowanty Creek and were abandoned, that Kautz's column pushed through the woods, and that at Stony Creek the bridge was bad and the creek unfordable.

The swamps and creeks predate the engagement. No map verification.