December 22 Tuesday – D.A. January arrived in St. Louis.

December 13 Sunday – Sam was a steersman under Joseph Edward Montgomery (1817-1902) on the D.A. January, which left New Orleans on this date. The captain was Patrick Yore. Montgomery would later serve as a commodore of the Confederacy’s river fleet, which was destroyed in June 1862 at Memphis.

August 3 Monday – Rufus L. Lackland arrived St. Louis.

July 23 Thursday – Rufus L. Lackland left for St. Louis.

July 19 Sunday – Rufus L. Lackland arrived New Orleans.

July 11 Saturday – Sam and possibly Bixby transferred to the Rufus L. Lackland (710 tons) and departed St. Louis for New Orleans. Sam’s comments about the Lackland:

March 31 Wednesday – Pennsylvania left for New Orleans.

March 27 Saturday – Pennsylvania arrived in St. Louis.

March 20 Saturday – Pennsylvania left for St. Louis.

March 19 Friday – Sam gave a deposition in a lawsuit (Klineflelter, et al, vs. Vicksburg) over the collision between the Pennsylvania and the Vicksburg on Nov. 26, 1857. See that entry. Sam was a steersman on the Pennsylvania at that time [Marleau, “Eyewitness” 18]