Carnifex Ferry WV006

supportedunresolved Rosecrans says cavalry prisoners told him Floyd was strongly intrenched and confident, that the extent of the works was very imperfectly known at dusk, and that a runaway contraband reported Floyd's night crossing. Floyd says he was fully aware of the Union advance.

Knowledge as each commander reports it; no scouting record inspected.

supportedunresolved Rosecrans says his column marched 17½ miles (read '17^' in OCR) on the day of battle and fought for three hours, after weeks of marching and sleeping without tents, and that it had no material to repair the bridge. Floyd says he failed to obtain reinforcement.

Condition statements from the two commanders; no returns inspected.

supportedunresolved Rosecrans directed Benham to feel the enemy closely but not engage unless he saw an evident opening, and had Cox make a diversion. Floyd says he meant to hold with reinforcements and believed he could have marched into the Kanawha valley had Wise's column come up.

Stated aims and counterfactual claims from the two commanders.

disputedpost_outcome The frozen and live results read Union victory. NPS says darkness halted several hours' fighting and Union artillery convinced Floyd to retreat. Floyd says he repulsed five assaults and recrossed without losing a gun; Rosecrans says the enemy crossed the Gauley in the night and his troops took the camp with prisoners, colors and stores.

Retain the original result and engagement interval; later movements and campaign contribution are different measures. No new probabilities or individual causal credit. The duration differs: Rosecrans gives a battle of three hours, Floyd nearly four hours of fire.

disputedpost_outcome The frozen casualty text reads 250 total; the live field reads 190 (US 158; CS 32). Rosecrans estimated 20 killed and 100 wounded on September 11 and gives 16 killed and 100 wounded in his September 21 report; Floyd reports only 20 wounded on his side.

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 commanders are Brigadier General John Floyd and Brigadier General William S. Rosecrans; the live page gives Rosecrans as Major General. Rosecrans says he directed the brigades and decided to withdraw from the woods at dusk; Floyd says he decided to recross the Gauley, his report being signed by his adjutant because of an injury; NPS says Floyd blamed Wise.

Command roles from the two commanders; no 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. The frozen side-specific numerical strength bounds are blank (missing_numeric_strength). No figure in this pass is adopted as a simultaneous opening force.

disputedunresolved The frozen force field reads Brigades; the live field reads zero. NPS says Rosecrans moved three brigades south. Floyd says Rosecrans came with ten regiments, estimated at 8,000-9,000, against less than 2,000 engaged, and later that he had 1,800. Rosecrans reports Floyd's force as five regiments besides one driven in, with probably sixteen guns; papers found in camp showed at least five regiments, two batteries and a battalion of cavalry.

Each side's estimate of the other and Floyd's own round figures; no return for either side. None is adopted as a matched opening strength. The live zero is not measured absence.

supportedunresolved Rosecrans found Floyd strongly intrenched behind a forest too dense to see beyond 300 yards, and describes the Gauley there as running through a deep gorge with the ferry 370 feet wide. Floyd says he built a temporary breastwork and that his extended lines left no reserve.

Ground from the two commanders' reports; no plan inspected. Floyd built the breastwork before the attack.