Carlos Snodgrass

Released
Date of birth:December 1893
Date of death:11. 12. 1917
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1910s
State:Texas
Time Imprisoned:
11 Days
Support
Anti-War Socialism Anarchism
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Biography

Carlos Snodgrass was a 24th Infantry soldier hanged at sunrise on December 11, 1917 at Fort Sam Houston after conviction in the first Houston riot court-martial. Conviction formally set aside by U.S. Army November 2023 (posthumous). (Recorded as Carlos Snodgrass Private of the 24th Infantry Regiment. Pvt. Carlos Snodgrass)

Case

Fort Sam Houston Disciplinary Barracks
Charges: Mutiny and riot (1917 Houston Riot courts-martial at Fort Sam Houston; convictions set aside 2023)
Arrested: Aug 24, 1917
Sentenced: Nov 30, 1917
Incarcerated: Nov 30, 1917
Released: Dec 11, 1917
Sentence: Death by hanging
Prosecutor: Col. John A. Hull (Trial Judge Advocate)
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Texas

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