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The Naval Operations Between Fortress Monroe and Norfolk – 2
News from Fortress Monroe: Highly Important Movements in Progress – 3-4
From Gen. M’Clellan’s Army: Still Crowding the Rear o the Retreating Foe – 4-6
The War in the Southwest: Gen. Halleck’s Army within Two Miles of Corinth – 6
Department of the Rappahannock: A Pontoon Bridge – 6-7
Gen. Halleck’s Army: Vastness of Operations – 7-8
The Mountain Department: Gen. Fremont in the Field – 8
News from Washington: A Resolution of Thanks to Gen. McClellan Passed Unanimously in the House – 8-9
Editorial: The Naval Cotillion in Hampton Roads – 9
Editorial: The Situation in the Peninsula – 9-10
A New Territory – 10
Halleck and Beauregard – 10
Thanks to Gen. McClellan – 10
Gen. Sickles in Washington – 10

"Today" in Tennessee there was a minor river battle at Plum Run Bend, Confederate victory:

Tennessee 1862 Engagements

Date	Engagement	Military Units	Losses	Victor
Feb 6	Fort Henry, TN	Union Army of TN + West Flotilla (Grant, Foote ~15,000) & Confederate Army of Cent KY (Tilghman ~3,200)	Union 40-total, Confederates 79-total (15 killed)	USA
Feb 14-16	Fort Donelson, TN	Union Army of the Tennessee + Mississippi River Squadron (Grant, Foote 24,531) & Confederate Army of Central KY + garrison (Floyd, Pillow, Buchner 16,171)	Union 2,691-total (507-killed), Confederates 13,846-total (327-killed)	USA
April 6-7	Shiloh, TN	Union Army of West Tennessee (Grant, Buell ~63,000) & Confederate Army of Mississippi (AS Johnson, Beauregard ~40,335)	Union 13,047-total (1,754-killed), Confederate 10,699-total (1,728-killed)	USA
April 14	Fort Pillowi, TN	Union mortor boats bombard Fort Pillow	none	CSA
May 10	Plum Run Bend, TN	Union MS River Squadron (7-river ironclads), Confederate River Defense Fleet (9-wooden steamboats)	none recorded	CSA

There were no recorded casualties and Union ironclads went on to complete their mission.

Summary of Civil War Engagements as of May 10, 1862:
Engagements in Confederate states:

State	Union Victories	Confederate Victories	Inconclusive	Total Engagements
South Carolina	1	1	1	3
Virginia	5	12	9	26
North Carolina	4	1	0	5
Florida	1	0	0	1
Louisiana	2	1	0	3
Tennessee	3	2	0	5
Arkansas	1	0	1	2
Georgia	1	0	0	1
Mississippi	1	0	0	1
Total Engagements in CSA	19	17	11	47

Engagements in Union states/territories:

State	Union Victories	Confederate Victories	Inconclusive	Total Engagements
Maryland	1	0	1	2
West Virginia	9	2	2	13
Missouri	11	9	1	21
New Mexico	4	8	0	12
Kentucky	4	3	2	9
Oklahoma	0	3	0	3
Total Engagements in Union	29	25	6	60
Total Engagements to date	48	42	17	107

"News from Washington: A Resolution of Thanks to Gen. McClellan Passed Unanimously in the House – 8-9"

"Thanks to Gen. McClellan – 10"

We see where Congress is heaping praises on Gen. McClellan for his, so far, sterling performance in the Peninsula Campaign.

I wonder if, just perhaps, they're being a bit premature?