Biography
Charles P. Larsen was a conscientious objector from Illinois imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. Sentenced to 5 years in prison, reduced to 1. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: Mininger lists his denomination as “Humanitarian”; registered on June 5, 1917, as a C.O.; interviewed by Bd. on June 15, 1918 at Leavenworth; charge = disobedience of orders; sentenced to 5 years in prison, reduced to 1.5 years; implicated in mutiny at Ft. …
Case
United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth