Appomattox Station VA096

supportedunresolved Sheridan says his scout Sergeant White told him of the trains soon after the march began, and that he notified Grant once the enemy was driven to Appomattox Court House.

Attributed knowledge in an interested report.

disputedunresolved Sheridan says four trains of cars loaded with supplies for Lee's army were at the depot, that his column pushed on twenty-eight miles and captured them, and that the trains were run back to the protection of the infantry; Humphreys says Custer took three trains with subsistence sent back from Farmville and that Lee lost the supplies awaiting him at the station; NPS says three trains were captured and burned.

The counts differ (four against three), and NPS says the trains were burned where Sheridan says they were run back; all are preserved. The claim mixes pre-existing supply trains at the depot, in-action decisions by Sheridan and Custer, and the capture that forms part of this engagement's result, so it is not tagged as a whole. Humphreys' statement that Lee lost these supplies is his participant's campaign-contribution judgment about the April 7 detention (VA094), not a measured logistics effect. No contribution is estimated.

supportedunresolved Sheridan says Custer threw a force behind the trains to capture them and that he told Ord, Gibbon and Griffin there was no means of escape for the enemy if they pressed on; Humphreys says Merritt then formed across the road the enemy were using.

Stated aims from an interested report and a history.

supportedpost_outcome The frozen and live results read Union victory. Sheridan says the enemy were driven toward Appomattox Court House and the fighting went on till after dark.

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 'Unknown' and the live field 1,048 (US 48; CS 1,000). Sheridan reports many prisoners, twenty-five guns, a hospital train and a large park of wagons captured; Humphreys gives no loss figures, and the NPS description adds none beyond the live casualty field.

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. Sheridan's campaign-wide casualty list is not assigned to this record.

supportedunresolved Sheridan says Custer had the advance and captured the trains without halting; Humphreys names Walker's train. The frozen commanders are Lindsay Walker (CS) and Custer (US); the live page lists Custer and 'Brigadier General Reuben Walker'.

Walker's own direction is not described in the inspected passages; the live first name differs from the frozen row and 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 'Divisions' and the live field zero. Sheridan says Merritt's and Crook's commands moved on Appomattox Depot with Custer in the advance and Devin going in on his right; Humphreys says Custer captured Walker's train of artillery and wagons and that Lee had sent his spare artillery forward under Walker on April 5.

Formation lists only; no headcount for either side. None is adopted as a matched opening strength; live zeros are not measured absence.

unknownunresolved

The inspected passages do not describe the ground at Appomattox Station.