Bert S. Brush

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Alabama
Time Imprisoned:
3 Years 0 Days
Support
Anti-War Conscientious Objection
Bert S. Brush

Biography

Bert S. Brush was a conscientious objector from Alabama imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. Sentenced to 20 years in prison, reduced to 1. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: registered for the draft on June 5, 1917, but not as a CO; sentenced to 20 years in prison, reduced to 1.5 years; sent to Ft. Leavenworth on Dec. 12 (or as late as Dec. 24), 1918; interviewed by the Special Bd. on Jan. …

Case

United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service (World War I court-martial of a conscientious objector)
Incarcerated: 1917
Released: 1920
Sentence: Sentenced to 20 years in prison, reduced to 1. Held at Fort Leavenworth. Released 1919 (Jan. 27) ???.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas

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