We do know that there was a lot of activity at the ports and landings on the lower Tennessee River. In the ship manifest that I have transcribed so far, December 1862 through February 1863, from just inside Tennessee from Calloway County back to Paducah there is much traffic and cargo going in and out. Ports mentioned are Newberg, Ky.; Rhodes Landing (KY); Fort Henry, Mouth of Sandy, Tenn.; Redds Landing (KY); Egners Ferry (KY); Birmingham, Ky.; Pine Bluff, Ky.; Fort Heiman; Golden Pond, Ky.; Paducah, Ky.; Pattersons ferry (KY); Highland, Ky.; Callowaytown (KY). At Newberg, Levi Williams is listed at different times as receiving groceries &c., 1 bbl whisky, 2 bags of seed, 1 box merchandise, 2 bags salt, and 2 bbls whisky. At Callowaytown, A. Vance received 50 plows & 8 bdls pts, 5 bbls salt, 2 bags coffee & 2 boxes, and 7 bbls flour. This cargo was being checked by the Union authorities for accuracy, that all items on the manifests were shipped to only those listed, and of course they would not allow known secessionists to receive goods. Thus would try and prohibit contraband trade with known secessionists, which seems to have something to do with the handed down stories of Newburg, also at different times known as Warburg Blood and William's Landing, being used in the contraband trade.

Greg
Murray, KY