Charles Fritz

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

Charles Fritz was a conscientious objector from Ohio 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: imprisoned at Ft. Leavenworth on October 31, 1918

Case

United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service (World War I court-martial of a conscientious objector)
Released: Dec 12, 1918
Sentence: Held at Fort Leavenworth. Released 1918 (Dec. 12).
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas

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