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David R. McAnally

Released
Gender:Male
Era:1800s
State:Missouri
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Biography

Marshall describes McAnally as a Methodist minister and editor of the St. Louis Christian Advocate. McAnally's account records arrest on April 21, 1862 and confinement at Myrtle Street Military Prison, followed by release on verbal parole May 20 and a military trial beginning May 26 over newspaper articles. It also describes a September 1861 arrest and another arrest on May 10, 1863 at his home, confinement at Gratiot Street Prison, and a threatened banishment countermanded before departure. His reporting and residence parole continued until November 19, 1865. Source: John A. Marshall, American Bastile (1869), printed pages 487-500, https://archive.org/details/americanbastile00marsgoog/page/n502/mode/1up.

Case

Myrtle Street Military Prison
Charges: Military prosecution over articles published in the St. Louis Christian Advocate; later threatened banishment.
Arrested: Apr 21, 1862
Released: May 20, 1862
Sentence: Wartime detention; exact custody endpoints are not established in the cited account.
Institution State: Missouri