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Thomas Connors

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Washington
Time Imprisoned:
1 Year 2 Months 2 Days
Support
Anti-War Conscientious Objection
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Biography

Thomas Connors was a conscientious objector from Washington imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: imprisoned on October 30, 1918

Case

United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service (World War I court-martial of a conscientious objector)
Incarcerated: Oct 30, 1918
Released: 1920
Sentence: Held at Fort Leavenworth.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas