February 16 Saturday – The Alonzo Child arrived in New Orleans.

February 8 Friday – The Alonzo Child left Cairo for New Orleans.

February 6 Wednesday – Sam was in Cairo, Illinois. He wrote his brother Orion and sister-in-law, Mary (Mollie) Clemens:

My Dear Brother:

February 5 Tuesday – The Alonzo Child arrived in Cairo, and did not continue to St. Louis due to icy river conditions.

January 29 Tuesday – The Alonzo Child left for St. Louis.

January 24 Thursday – The Alonzo Child arrived in New Orleans

January 21 Monday to March 30, 1861 – Ten letters signed by Quintus Curtius Snodgrass were published on various dates in the New Orleans Daily Crescent. Until 1964, most scholars attributed these letters to Sam. Alan Bates then presented an article showing that the dates penned and published would have precluded them from being Sam’s [Bates 31-7]. Could Sam have assigned them dates different than the day of composition? Or, are they, as Bates claims, “the tedious productions of an obscure newspaper reporter”?

January 14 Monday – The Alonzo Child left for New Orleans.

January 11 Friday – The Alonzo Child arrived in St. Louis.

January 8 Tuesday – The Alonzo Child left Cairo for St. Louis.