Jacob Miller

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

Jacob Miller was a conscientious objector from New York imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. Sentenced to 20 years in prison, reduced to 1. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: registered for draft on June 5, 1917, as a C.O.; assigned to Casual Detachment, Headquarters Provisions Depot for Corps and Army Troops, Camp Wadsworth (South Carolina), Aug. 27, 1918 (may not have been his first assignment); interviewed by Bd. on Jan. 5, 1919 at Disciplinary Barracks ; …

Case

United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service (World War I court-martial of a conscientious objector)
Incarcerated: 1918
Released: 1919
Sentence: Sentenced to 20 years in prison, reduced to 1. Held at Fort Leavenworth. Released 1919.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas

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