Henry M. Paynter

Marshall identifies Paynter as a Presbyterian minister at Booneville, Missouri. The account describes an August 1861 hostage seizure with five other civilians, threats to their lives during the September 13 engagement, and his continued detention after the others were released. It also describes renewed imprisonment and forced labor in 1862 after refusal of military oath and bond demands. Orders of August 20 and 25, 1862 required his release on parole and banishment to Massachusetts, with return to Missouri prohibited during the war. Source: John A. Marshall, American Bastile (1869), printed pages 540-557, https://archive.org/details/americanbastile00marsgoog/page/n557/mode/1up.