Biography
Henry Leonhardt 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 20 years in prison (not reduced?). (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: registered for the draft on June 5, 1917, as a C.O.; had noncombatant card from local draft board; assigned to Company 6, Development Battalion, 31st Division, Camp Wheeler (Georgia), Sept. 12, 1918 (may not have been his first assignment); interviewed by Bd. on Feb. …
Case
United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth