French Mediation: Important Correspondence Sent to the United States Senate– 2-5
Important from Port Royal: A Reconnoissance of the Ogeechee Defences by Generals Hunter and Foster – 5-6
The Pirate Alabama: A Vessel Boarded by Her on the 2nd inst. – 6
United States Sanitary Commission: Grand Promenade Concert of the Woman’s Relief Association of Brooklyn, at the Academy of Music – 6
Important from Washington: Passage of the Finance Bill Through the Senate – 6-7
Editorial: The Western Copperheads – Duty of Loyal Men – 7-8
Editorial: The French Proposal – 8
Gen. McDowell – 8
Laura Keene in Brooklyn – 8
The Peace Resolutions in New-Jersey – 8
The Peace Resolutions in Illinois – 8
Civil War Massacres as of February 1862
| Name of Massacre | Date | Place | State/Territory | Number killed | Perps | Vics | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pratt Street Massacre | 1861 April 19 | Baltimore | Maryland | 38 | pro-Confederate civilians | Union Army | pro-Confederate civilians fired on Union troops marching through Baltimore |
| St. Louis riots | 1861 May 10 | St. Louis | Missouri | 35 | pro-Confederate civilians | Union troops | pro-Confederate civilians fired on Union troops who returned fire |
| Gallinas Mt. Massacre | 1861 Sep 16 | Gallinas Mountain | New Mexico | 3 | Apaches | Confederate troops | Confederate troops killed by Apaches |
| Sacking of Osceola | 1861 Sep 23 | Oceola | Missouri | 9 | Union troops | Missouri civilians | Jayhawkers sacked Osceola & killed pro-Confederates |
| Bee Creek Massacre | 1861 December | Platte County | Missouri | 2 | Union troops | Confederatge prisoners | Union 18th Missouri murdered two Confederate prisoners |
| Nueces massacre | 1862 August 10 | Kinney County | Texas | 37 | Confederate soldiers | German Texas civilians | Confederate soldiers killed German Texans attempting to flee to Mexico |
| Tonkawa massacre | 1862 October 23 | Fort Cobb | Oklahoma | 137 | Pro-Union tribes | Pro-Confederate tribe | Several pro-Union tribes massacred pro-Confederate Tonkowas |
| Shelton Laurel massacre | 1863 January 18 | Madison Country | North Carolina | 13 | Confedeate troops | Unionist civilians | Confederate 64th NC (Allen) soldiers murdered captured Unionist civilians |
The total is eight massacres resulting in 274 deaths.
Half of those were pro-Union tribes in Oklahoma massacring 137 of the pro-Confederate Tonkawa tribe.
I will add the recent Bear Creek Massacre in Idaho, Union troops against the Shoshone tribe.