Philippi WV001

supportedunresolved Morris says he believed spies were reporting his movements and arranged the expedition to give a false impression; Kelley's column moved by rail as if toward Harper's Ferry. Nicolay says friendly local sentiment gave the Union forces ready information and a night rain-storm concealed the advance. Morris and NPS describe a complete surprise.

Attributed knowledge from an interested report, a history and a summary; no Confederate scouting record inspected.

supportedunresolved Morris's order to Dumont's column prescribed two full days' rations; during the night march many men fainted and others threw away their haversacks and provisions. Nicolay says the fatiguing march left the Union troops too exhausted to pursue.

Orders and condition statements; no supply return inspected.

supportedunresolved Nicolay says Porterfield had been burning Baltimore and Ohio bridges and retired to Philippi hoping to gather a force to return against the railroad. Morris's orders sent Kelley to reach Philippi about 4 a.m. and Dumont to divert attention until Kelley attacked.

Stated aims from a history and written orders.

supportedpost_outcome The frozen and live results read Union victory. NPS says the Confederates were routed and retreated to Huttonsville; Nicolay calls it an utter rout; Morris attributes the failure to capture the whole force to the night's storm.

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 30 (US 4; CS 26); the live field reads 11 (US 5; CS 6). Morris reports none killed, Kelley severely wounded, and, from Dumont's reports, Confederate killed estimated at fifteen to forty, with stores captured; Nicolay says the Confederate loss in killed and captured was small.

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 The frozen and live pages list Colonel Thomas A. Morris and Colonel George A. Porterfield; the Official Records style Morris a brigadier general of Indiana militia. Morris says Kelley had organized the expedition before Morris arrived at Grafton, that Morris postponed it a night and issued the orders, that Kelley was wounded leading his column and that Dumont then had command. Nicolay says Morris adopted and completed an expedition projected by Kelley.

Command roles from an interested report and a history; the listed commanders do not receive automatic sole credit, and no inspected passage describes Porterfield's orders.

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 Brigades; the live field reads zero. Morris's orders sent Kelley with six companies of his own regiment, nine of the Ninth Indiana and six of the Sixteenth Ohio, and Dumont with eight companies of the Seventh Indiana joined by five companies and two guns under Steedman and six companies under Crittenden. Nicolay puts Kelley at the head of about two regiments and Porterfield's command at something over a thousand.

Company counts from orders and a history's round figures; no return for either side on June 3. None is adopted as a matched opening strength. The live zero is not measured absence.

supportedunresolved Nicolay places Philippi on a country road about fifteen miles south of Grafton and says the columns arrived on opposite hills commanding the town but not in a position to cut off retreat. Morris says Kelley's column had about twenty-five miles to march from the railroad on a little-traveled road, and describes a night march over mountainous country.

Ground from a history and an interested report; no map inspected.