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supportedunresolved Humphreys says Longstreet read the prolonged skirmishing as cover for an attempt to turn his left and moved Field and Hoke along the works, so Weitzel met heavy fire instead of the thin line he expected.

Attributed knowledge from an interested history.

supportedunresolved Humphreys says Weitzel's withdrawal by night through rain, darkness, mud and a narrow road was very fatiguing, the troops marching all night.

Movement conditions from an interested history; no transport return inspected.

supportedunresolved Humphreys says Butler was directed to make a demonstration north of the James in support of the movement on the left, with Weitzel to push through White Oak Swamp to the Williamsburg road under cover of Terry's demonstration.

Stated aims from an interested history.

supportedpost_outcome The frozen and live results read Confederate victory. Humphreys says Weitzel's brigades were repulsed, each losing three colors, and Terry's attack was also repulsed; Lee says the movement against his left was repulsed.

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 1,750 total and the live field 1,703 (US 1,603; CS 100). The frozen description says the Confederate counterattack took some 600 prisoners. Humphreys gives the Adjutant General's table of 516 killed and wounded and 587 missing for both commands and Longstreet's report of 64 lost on the Williamsburg road; Lee reports several hundred prisoners and four colors on October 27 and Field's upward of 400 prisoners and 7 colors.

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 description's 600 prisoners, Lee's 'several hundred' on October 27 and Field's 'upward of 400' may overlap and are not added.

supportedunresolved Humphreys says Longstreet directed Field and Hoke to move left along the works and sent Gary to the Nine Mile road, and that Gary's charge retook Holman's gains; Lee credits Field with upward of 400 prisoners and 7 colors. The frozen commanders are Lieutenant General Longstreet (CS) and Major General Butler (US); the live page gives Longstreet as Major General.

Direction attributed as stated; the live rank is 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.

supportedunresolved The frozen force field reads 'Corps' and the live field zero. Humphreys names Weitzel's two attacking brigades and Holman's brigade against Longstreet's local defence troops, Hoke's and Field's divisions and Gary's cavalry, and says Weitzel found the works first held by a small body of dismounted cavalry with three guns.

Formations only; no return inspected. None is adopted as a matched opening strength; live zeros are not measured absence.

supportedinherited Humphreys says Weitzel's brigades advanced over open ground against the intrenchments and that Longstreet's troops were covered by works.

The Confederate works predate the attack. No map verification.