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Charles Carlton Rodolph

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

Charles Carlton Rodolph was a conscientious objector from New York imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Jay. Sentenced to 20 years in prison - reduced to 5. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: name sometimes appears as Rodolf, and as Carlton C.; court-martialed at Camp Upton (along with Samuel Sterenstein & Julius Eichel) for insubordination in declining inoculation; court-martialed on Aug. 21, 1919 at Alcatraz (under name of Charles C. Rodolf); …

Case

Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service (World War I court-martial of a conscientious objector)
Sentence: Sentenced to 20 years in prison - reduced to 5. Held at Fort Jay.
Convicted: Yes