Biography
Thomas Todd Edwards was a conscientious objector from Pennsylvania imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. Sentenced to 15 years in prison. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: an independent traveling evangelist; registered for the draft on June 5, 1917 as a CO; classified as 1A, later as 23; interviewed by Special Board, on charge of disobedience of orders, on July 24, 1918 at Camp Meade, and on Jan. 6, 1919 at the Disciplinary Barracks ; …
Case
United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
