Bland Rayburn Harris

Bland Rayburn Harris was a conscientious objector from Oklahoma 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: private in National Army, unassigned, Headquarters Southern Department, Fort Sam Houston (Texas), Sept. 28, 1918 ; imprisoned at Ft. Leavenworth on October 22, 1918 (or as late as October 26th); sentence remitted on Aug. …