Alvah M. Davis

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Texas
Time Imprisoned:
1 Year 6 Months 17 Days
Support
Anti-War Conscientious Objection
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Biography

Alvah M. Davis was a conscientious objector from Texas imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: sent to Camp Travis & assigned to 57th Co., 165th Depot Brigade; put in CO detachment; one of the 41 COs court-martialed at Ft. Travis for refusing to wear the uniform; imprisoned on June 15, 1918

Case

United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service (World War I court-martial of a conscientious objector)
Incarcerated: Jun 15, 1918
Released: 1920
Sentence: Held at Fort Leavenworth.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas

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