January 14 Thursday – Sam may have made the return trip on the New Falls City, an 880 ton side-wheeler freshly built that month, with Captain Montgomery. The licensed pilots at this time were Chauncy Cable and Zeb Leavenworth. Sam possibly offered his steering services in exchange for passage [MTL 1: 75].
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.