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Henry Schneider

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
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Anti-War Conscientious Objection
Henry Schneider

Biography

Henry Schneider was a conscientious objector imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth; Fort Douglas. Sentenced to 15 years in prison. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: registered on June 5, 1917, as a C.O.; interviewed in July ___ at Meade; classified first as 1A; sentenced to 15 years in prison ; imprisoned in Ft. Leavenworth & Ft. Douglas War Prison Barracks; imprisoned on Dec. 30, 1918; released from Ft. Douglas in Dec. 1919 just before Christmas; …

Case

United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service (World War I court-martial of a conscientious objector)
Released: December 1919
Sentence: Sentenced to 15 years in prison. Held at Fort Leavenworth; Fort Douglas. Released 1919 (Dec.).
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas