Losing Hosea and Lenny was a massive hit to the Van Der Linde gang. They only lost 1 man in the blackwater massacre, and they managed to rescue Sean (boosting morale).

Might I mention, I'm not convinced that the Blackwater Massacre and the Blackwater Ferry Robbery are actually the same event. Ever since I played RDR1 over a decade ago I thought it was well understood that the references to the massacre were just a small tidbit of ambiguous lore just tacked on and meant to add the Landon Rickets' backstory. I believe that fans have blurred the two events together due to hearing the phrase "Blackwater Massacre" and associating it with the ferry robbery and that the community has been unknowingly perpetuating this misinterpretation all this time. There is no evidence ever presented in either game that both events are one and the same.

@CyberTheSeaWing i agree that the st Denis bank robbery was worse with losing Hosea and also Lenny but didn’t they lose three in blackwater? The two Calendar brothers, Davy and Mac, and then Jenny too?

@Our Star Trek Future I thought Davy died of hypothermia or something along the lines of that.

@MadMikeRyan Inclined to disagree although I think calling it a "massacre" when like 2 people died is overstated

@DaDragonSavage The boston massacre was only five people.