Thanks for the reply. Draper and Bowyer of the 13th Illinois Cavalry were spending the night (Dec. 12, 1862) with a citizen, William B. Jones, who lived in Union Township Ste. Genevieve Co., Mo. which is on the border with St. Francois Co. Rebel guerrillas, Henry Resinger and George Lassiter broke into the home and took the two Union men, later releasing them. This information came from the Provost Marshal file on William B. Jones. It is Indexed on the Missouri State Archives website under Ste. Genevieve Co. F1352 under Jones, William B. Individual Citizen. I haphazardly copied a mound of records a couple years ago at the State Archives for Ste. Genevieve, St. Francois and Washington Counties in Missouri for future research opportunities. Among these was the File on William B. Jones who was implicated in the Addison Cunningham murder by Sam Hildebrand and mentioned in his Autobiography. My research is planned for a book later this year.

Lassiter and Resinger with Hildebrand (and a few others), participated in the killing of Cunningham on Dec. 15, 1862 and, in the tale told by Jones, he made it a point that Resinger and Lassiter had been at his house a few days earlier. He also remarked that Resinger and Lassiter threatened him if he said anything about them being there. When Cunningham was being stalked, Jones was observed by citizens in Farmington talking to Henry Resinger when the band rode up the street and it was alleged that he gave them information as to Cunningham's whereabouts having seen him in Farmington earlier in the day. A couple other citizens, William Cartee and William Miller, were apprehended by the band and forced to reveal where Cunningham lived. They did this and were left behind in sight of Cunningham's home where the killing took place.

There is much room here for conjecture. One theory I have is that Hildebrand, Lassiter and Resinger went to the vicinity of Jones' home looking for Cunningham in the Valle Forge community where some of the Cunningham family lived. Not finding Addison there they went to the Jones home, perhaps because he was an informer or confidant. Here they found the 13th Illinois Cavalry men. The Provost File does not give many more particualars on the capture, the reason, or the parole/release and that is what I am tracking down now. Draper and Bowyer's service files have no info on this incident though their muster for Nov. Dec.-1862 is absent with station not shown. I do know the 13th Illinois Cavlary had problems under Col. Joseph Bell.

I also think that Lassiter and Resinger, who both were from the same general area, got Jones to help them find Addison Cunningham. It is very coincidental that Jones, Cunningham and the rebel band were all in Farmington on the day of the killing. The rebels may have been told that Addison was going to be there that day, but he left to go home before the rebels arrived. When Lassiter, Resinger and Hildebrand came into town and not finding Addison, they spoke with Jones, but he not knowing where he went. The band then took Miller and Cartee as guides to the Cunningham home. The capture of the 13th Illinois men did not get too much notice from the Provost and I believe that Jones could have easily ommitted the information. He used the fact of their capture later during his incarceration to prove that he was a loyal Union man and the cavalrymen attested that he did not harm them nor did they think he was in on their capture.