Special Courier Bulletin #01
Date: July 27, 1861
Telegram(s):
- Staunton, VA: General Garnett's Army of the Northwest - pursuing the broken forces of Union General George B. McClellan - has reportedly encountered the West Virginia Militia (N) of General Benjamin Kelley at Beverly, VA! General Garnett was luckily reinforced by a brigade of infantry under Brigadier General Sibley (S) - newly arrived from South Carolina - and was able to thoroughly whip Kelley's thousand militiamen. Garnett's force, just shy of 4,000 men, suffered 73 casualties (13 killed) to the militia's 100 casualties (6 killed). The lines are reportedly stable at this minute, with Garnett holding just south of Beverly, the Union forces falling back in disarray, away from the Virginia border.
- Fayetteville, AR: The Missouri State Guard (S) has until recently been holding a static line against the Union forces at Springfield, Missouri, but news today came that the Confederate force there was dislodged by an unknown force on the 27th, and is reeling back towards the Missouri-Arkansas border. Early reports indicate that the only casualties were one Confederate soldier and three Union soldiers. The Union army, one of two known to be in Missouri, is reported to have outnumbered the Confederates more than five-to-one. With the exception of the Missouri State Guard, there are no other Confederate forces in the immediate vicinity ... until more forces are raised in the territories West of Arkansas, the Trans-Mississippi Theater will be in dire straights.
-- End Special Bulletin
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