Summit Point WV014

supportedunresolved Pond says Sheridan's information put at least one more of Longstreet's divisions in the Valley while Grant's scouts said only Kershaw's and Fitz Lee's had gone, so the Confederate strength and purposes remained obscure. Sheridan's report says the enemy mistakenly thought he was near Summit Point and tried to get into his rear.

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

supportedunresolved Pond says Early went only far enough down the Valley to keep the railroad broken and reach grain and forage, Sheridan having burned the Valley above Winchester, and quotes Early to Anderson on August 19 that no wheat had been burned where they were and they could live there.

A history and a Confederate note it quotes; not a supply return.

supportedunresolved Pond says Early and Anderson planned a combined attack, Early through Smithfield toward Charlestown and Anderson by the Summit Point road. Sheridan says he then fell back to Halltown because much depended on the army.

Stated plans from a history and an interested dispatch.

supportedpost_outcome The frozen result reads Inconclusive and the live result Indecisive. Sheridan says the Sixth Corps' picket-line fight went very much in its favour and that the army moved back to Halltown without loss; Pond says the lost position was regained at nightfall and Anderson's advance was retarded by the cavalry at Berryville and Summit Point. NPS calls the Union actions effective delaying actions.

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 1,000 total; the live field reads 1000 (US 600; CS 400). Sheridan's Halltown dispatch (day lost in OCR; received 2 a.m. on the 23d) gives "my loss yesterday" as 275, read here as the 21st; Pond gives 260 killed and wounded, mainly in Getty's division. No inspected passage gives a Confederate loss.

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. Sheridan's 275 has no category; Pond's 260 is killed and wounded, mainly in one division. The categories and scope may differ.

supportedunresolved Pond says Anderson, though senior, declined to take command from Early; that Ricketts's division moved from reserve to the Sixth Corps' left; and that at midnight Sheridan drew in Merritt and Wilson and moved the army to Halltown. The frozen commanders are Lieutenant General Early and Major General Sheridan; the live page gives Early as Major General.

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

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 Divisions; the live field reads zero. Pond says Anderson brought Kershaw's division, Cutshaw's artillery and two cavalry brigades under Fitz Lee, and that Early advanced Rodes's and Ramseur's divisions against the Sixth Corps. Sheridan's Halltown dispatch headed "Angust 1864" (day lost in OCR; received 2 a.m. on the 23d, so read here as August 22) says prisoners reported the whole enemy present with Longstreet, which he did not believe, one of Longstreet's divisions being there. His 1866 report gives about 18,000 infantry and 3,500 cavalry effective on August 13.

Unit identifications and a figure from eight days earlier; no count for either side on August 21. None is adopted as a matched opening strength. The live zero is not measured absence.

supportedunresolved Sheridan says his position at Welch's Spring near Charlestown was a very bad one, so he fell back to Halltown; Pond calls Halltown, with a river on either flank, the best defensive position in the Valley. Sheridan's report says the Sixth Corps held near Flowing Spring.

Assessments from an interested dispatch and a history; no map verification.