Camp Alleghany WV008

supportedunresolved Johnson says the attack was based on information from five deserters, that the columns were guided by local Unionists, and that he had timely warning but could not learn the enemy's numbers; Jones says the Confederate pickets retreated on his approach and he pressed on because the enemy would be informed.

Attributed knowledge from the two reports; the deserter account is Johnson's report of a prisoner's statement.

supportedunresolved Jones says his command's ammunition was almost and then wholly exhausted before he fell back. Johnson says a large quantity of ordnance stores had been sent to the rear under recent orders, the ordnance ammunition nearly all gone when attacked, though most of the fighting was with infantry.

Supply statements from the two reports; no ordnance return inspected.

supportedunresolved Jones says his column was to await the attack of the Ninth Indiana and Second Virginia, as Milroy directed, and that the expected support did not come. Johnson says the enemy would occupy the position if it were abandoned; NPS says he held it to defend the pike.

Stated plans and aims from the two reports and a summary.

disputedpost_outcome The frozen result reads Inconclusive and the live result Indecisive; NPS says Milroy's troops were repulsed and retreated to their camps. Johnson calls it a complete but dearly bought victory, pursuing a mile or more; Jones says he fell back in good order when ammunition ran out.

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: Jones says the engagement lasted about three hours; Johnson says his men contended from 7.15 a.m. until 1.45 p.m.

disputedpost_outcome The frozen and live casualty fields read 283 (US 137; CS 146). Johnson gives his losses as 20 killed, 96 wounded and 28 missing, many of the missing since returned, and says the enemy left 35 dead and 13 wounded on the field and he took 3 prisoners.

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. Johnson's 144 differs from the frozen Confederate 146; the Union return printed with Milroy's papers was read but not selected.

supportedunresolved The frozen and live commanders are Colonel Edward Johnson and Brigadier General Robert Milroy. Johnson says Reynolds commanded the whole Union force and Milroy the attack on his right; Jones's report is addressed to Milroy and follows his directions. Milroy's own report is not in the inspected pages.

Command roles from the two reports; no 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.

disputedunresolved The frozen force field reads Brigades; the live field reads zero. Jones says his column was about 700 and the enemy about 2,500 with nine guns. Johnson reports not less than 5,000 attackers against about 1,200 effective on December 13; on December 19 he says fully 2,000 attacked his right, met by not over 300 and later 500 of his men, and gives 5,000 in all against not over 1,200 effective of all arms.

Column and flank figures and each commander's estimate of the other; no return inspected. None is adopted as a matched opening strength. The live zero is not measured absence.

supportedunresolved Jones says his column climbed a very steep and rocky mountain for about a mile to the summit on the right and rear of the camp. Johnson says there were no defenses on the right and a hastily dug trench on the left hill where his artillery stood, adding that his works had been suspended under recent orders; NPS says Johnson occupied the summit to defend the Staunton-Parkersburg Pike.

Ground from the two reports and a summary; no map inspected.