The Courier's Bulletin -- #06 -- The Battle of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal

  Courier' Bulletin #06

- P.G.T Beauregard's Army of the Potomac (S) bluffs the Union army out of Washington and manages to secure it. The Union army is forced to retire on Baltimore, and Patterson's Department of Pennsylvania moves east to Frederick, MD. With two armies in the vicinity, J. E. Johnston moves his men from Cumberland on Frederick from the West, and Beauregard strikes up from the SE on November 9 (1861).

Strength Report:

Department of Pennsylvania (Patterson):

Men: 8,500

Cavalry: 2,600

Guns: 5

 Army of the Shenandoah & Army of the Potomac (Johnston): 

Men: 28,740

Cavalry: 1,474

Guns: 86

Telegram(s):

-  Johnston's force deploys to the field first. The Confederates man a stream bed and wait for the Union force to arrive. Indeed, the Union forces arrive around 2PM and press an early attack. In the woods opposite the stream, three brigades from Patterson's forces amass opposite Jackson's brigade, pouring on the fire.

- The Union cavalry threaten a crossing south of Johnston, forcing Lawton's division to hold the line, refusing Jackson their support. After suffering 400+ casualties, Jackson is forced to pull back.

- The rest of Johnston's forces inflict enough casualties on Patterson to force the Union to pull back, at which point Beauregard arrives to complete the mop-up of a bloody skirmish.

Casualty Report:

- Union Casualties: 3,600

- Confederate Casualties: 2,296

- Patterson's army falls back from Frederick and Johnston moves back toward Cumberland (only to find himself trapped between the Union army from Baltimore in pursuit, and a new force out from Indiana that slipped undetected through West Virginia) ...