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supportedunresolved Crook says he believed only the enemy's cavalry held Snicker's Ford until prisoners taken in the crossing said Early's entire force was encamped nearby, which he reported to the commanding general. Pond says those prisoners placed Gordon and Rodes a mile or two away.

Attributed knowledge from an interested report and a history; no message log inspected.

supportedunresolved Pond quotes Halleck's instruction that Wright must live mainly upon the country, and says a Union brigade captured 82 of Early's wagons with mules and horses near Purcellville on July 16; Crook says his cavalry party attacked the enemy's train and captured part of it.

The instruction and the July 16 capture are context before the frozen interval, not a supply return for the engagement.

supportedunresolved Crook says Thoburn was to cross and compel the enemy to evacuate the ford. Pond says Halleck told Wright to pursue only far enough to be certain the enemy was in full retreat toward Richmond, and quotes Wright that, the crossing being resisted, he designed to turn the position by Keyes Gap.

Stated aims and instructions from an interested report and a history; later movements are campaign context.

supportedpost_outcome The frozen result reads Confederate victory and the live result Confederate Victory. Crook says the assaults were repulsed and the remaining troops fell back in good order, the enemy not following until after dark; Pond says Thoburn's right was driven into the stream while the left withdrew in good order. NPS says the Union pursuit was delayed several days; Pond says Wright remained at Snicker's Gap through the 19th and that night Early retreated.

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

supportedpost_outcome The frozen and live casualty fields read 819 total (US 422; CS 397). Crook and Pond give Thoburn's loss as 65 killed, 301 wounded and 56 missing, total 422. Crook says he had no correct means of ascertaining the enemy's loss; no inspected passage gives the Confederate 397. Pond gives Duffie's loss at Snicker's Gap on the 17th as 17.

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 Confederate figure's basis is not established.

supportedunresolved Crook says Wright ordered him forward to Snickersville and Snicker's Ford, that the Sixth Corps was ordered up to support Thoburn, and that when Ricketts, commanding the corps, thought it imprudent to cross, he ordered Thoburn to fall back. Pond says Breckinridge attacked Thoburn's left and centre while Early sent Rodes against the right. The frozen commanders are Lieutenant General Early and Major General Horatio Wright; the live page gives Early as Major General.

Command roles from an interested report and a history; neither listed commander receives automatic sole credit, and the live rank is not adopted.

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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 and live force fields read 13,000 total (US 5,000; CS 8,000); the source basis is not given. Pond says Wright had about 10,000 effective of the Sixth Corps and 650 of the Nineteenth on July 13, that Sullivan's and Mulligan's divisions were 7,000 strong and Duffie's cavalry 2,000, and that Crook brought two brigades 3,400 strong; he says about 1,000 dismounted cavalry stood beyond Thoburn's right. Crook says he sent three brigades under Thoburn across the river. Pond says Breckinridge attacked with his two divisions and Rodes with his; no Confederate count is given.

The Union figures are command strengths on different days before the crossing, not the force engaged; the imported 5,000 and 8,000 are unvalidated. None is adopted as a matched opening strength.

supportedunresolved Crook says Thoburn crossed about a mile and a half below the ford the enemy held. Pond places the crossing at Island Ford, where a Confederate picket fired from behind bushes until Wells's brigade found a wading-place a few hundred yards below, and says the retreat was across a river under fire from the bank. NPS says Thoburn made a stand behind a stone wall at the river's edge.

Ground described by an interested report, a history and a summary; no map verification.