Peter Johnson

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Kansas
Support
Anti-War Conscientious Objection
No image available

Biography

Peter Johnson was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Kansas imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. Sentenced to 25 years in prison. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: sentenced to 25 years in prison; imprisoned at Ft. Leavenworth between November 19-23, 1918; courts-martial #122692

Case

United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service (World War I court-martial of a conscientious objector)
Released: Jan 27, 1919
Sentence: Sentenced to 25 years in prison. Held at Fort Leavenworth. Released 1919 (Jan. 27).
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas

Related Cases

Amos Martin Showalter Amos Martin Showalter John T. Neufeld John T. Neufeld Verne Lester Kessler Ezra E. Barnhart Abraham Goertz David O. Heibert Ernest Hartzler Miller Herman Loewen