Carleton Campbell

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

Carleton Campbell was a conscientious objector from New York imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. Sentenced to 25 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; classified as 1A; interviewed by Special Board, on charge of disobedience of orders, on June 18, 1918 at Upton, and on Jan. 6, 1919 at the Disciplinary Barracks ; sentenced to 25 years in prison - reduced to 1.5 years; …

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 25 years in prison - reduced to 1. Held at Fort Leavenworth.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas

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