Thanks Bruce; As always a complete and in depth answer. Proctor actually lived in Douglas County for awhile in the 50's, so I'm sure he was comfortable there with known contacts on both sides of the conflict. His ledger cards from Alton indicate he never went to Johnson Island. He definitely went to Jeff City before going east to St Louis as a prisoner as he is on a Missouri State Pen roll in September. If he went to Gratiot before Alton, I've no primary source, but he may very well have. He was at Alton by the end of October for sure. How he came to be free after that is anybody's guess at this point.

John R.