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Albert Wilfred Fullwood

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Virginia
Support
Anti-War Conscientious Objection
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Biography

Albert Wilfred Fullwood was a conscientious objector from Virginia imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. Sentenced to 15 years in prison. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: sentenced to 15 years in prison; a religious Socialist; named on Adjutant General Office file card entitled CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR: "Accused had been given a farm furlough, but had returned from the farm because of 'my inability to do the very heavy work that was required for me …

Case

United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service (World War I court-martial of a conscientious objector)
Sentence: Sentenced to 15 years in prison. Held at Fort Leavenworth.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas