June 10 Sunday – City of Memphis arrived in St. Louis.

June 3 Sunday – City of Memphis left for St. Louis.

May 31 Thursday – City of Memphis arrived in New Orleans.

May 27 Sunday – The St. Louis Missouri Republican published “a brief, matter-of-fact river report signed by him [Sam] and Wesley Jacobs, his City of Memphis copilot”

May 24 Thursday – City of Memphis left for New Orleans.

May 22 Tuesday – City of Memphis arrived in St. Louis.

May 15 Tuesday – City of Memphis left for St. Louis.

May 14 Monday – City of Memphis arrived in New Orleans.

May 9 Wednesday – A family story told by Annie Moffett Webster disclosed Sam’s political leaning in 1860 (Annie was 8 years old). That year a third political party of old Whigs and former Know-Nothings called the Constitutional Union Party met in Baltimore and nominated John Bell of Tennessee for president and Edward Everett of Massachusetts for vice president.

May 4 Friday – City of Memphis left for New Orleans.