Charles Savannah Fattig

Charles “Charlie” Savannah Fattig was an Oregon pacifist raised in the Church of the Brethren. He and his younger brother Alfred hid in the mountains of southwestern Oregon rather than comply with the World War I draft. Indicted for failing to appear for a physical examination, Charlie remained at large after Alfred surrendered in 1920. He surrendered the following year and served the same nine-month jail term. The Swarthmore College Peace Collection records his name as Charles Svannah Fattig; family historian Paul Fattig gives the middle name as Savannah.

In the 2018 publisher’s preview of Madstone, family historian Paul Fattig describes the brothers’ religious opposition to the World War I draft and their Chetco River wilderness hideout. He says Alfred surrendered after three years and received nine months in federal court at Portland; Charlie surrendered a year later and received the same punishment. The years hiding were not imprisonment. The preview corroborates the imposed terms but supplies no exact reporting or release date; the later surrender and judgment chapters listed in its contents are not included in this preview. Source: https://www.hellgatepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Madstone_first_20-pages.pdf#page=15