Petersburg VA098

supportedunresolved Gillmore's 3.40 a.m. dispatch says the crossing of the cavalry could be heard for miles; Humphreys relays his complaint that the ponton bridge was not muffled and put the enemy on guard, and says Gillmore received no communication from Kautz during the day.

Attributed knowledge from an interested report and history; Gillmore's account was written under criticism.

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No battle-specific supply, ammunition or transport return was inspected. Retrospective descriptions are not readiness measures.

supportedunresolved Humphreys says Butler's object was to capture Petersburg and destroy the railroad bridge across the Appomattox.

Stated aim from an interested history.

supportedpost_outcome The frozen and live results read Confederate victory. Humphreys says Gillmore withdrew without attacking and that Kautz, satisfied he could not capture the town, withdrew followed by Dearing; NPS says Kautz was repulsed by Home Guards and Butler withdrew.

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 120 total; the live field reads zero. Gillmore's loss statement is garbled in OCR, and no other count was inspected.

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.

supportedunresolved Humphreys says Gillmore, with Hinks and Hawley concurring, decided not to attempt the works and withdrew at half-past one, while Kautz attacked alone and was checked when Dearing's brigade, sent by Beauregard, came up. Gillmore says he held both positions expecting to hear from Kautz. Butler's indorsement, relayed by his chief of staff, called the affair disgraceful; Gillmore called the charge unmerited and unjust. The frozen commanders are Major General Gillmore (US) and General Beauregard (CS); the live page gives both as Brigadier General.

Direction and blame are attributed as stated; Butler's and Gillmore's accounts are adversarial. The live ranks are not adopted. No listed commander receives automatic sole credit.

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No inspected return establishes matched personnel at a common opening boundary. Imported numerical estimates remain unchanged; this pass does not validate them as simultaneous opening forces.

disputedunresolved The frozen force text reads 7,000 (US 4,500; CS 2,500), the Union row carrying 4,500 as bounds and the Confederate row '2,500' as text only; the live field matches. Humphreys gives Gillmore 1,800 infantry of his own under Hawley and 1,200 of Hinks's, Kautz about 1,500 cavalry, and Wise's brigade, 2,400 strong, with such local troops as could be gathered defending Petersburg.

Humphreys' Union components total about 4,500 and match the frozen Union figure; his Confederate figure covers Wise's brigade without the militia and Dearing's cavalry, which also appear in his account. None is adopted as a matched opening strength; live zeros are not measured absence.

supportedunresolved Humphreys says Gillmore judged the intrenchments on the City Point road too strongly manned to carry, and that Kautz, after turning the works on the Jerusalem plank road, met an earth intrenchment and stockade on Reservoir Hill with infantry and artillery. Gillmore says that once the nature of the works was ascertained he was convinced an assault would fail.

The works predate the engagement, but their manning was a matter of the day; not tagged. No map verification.