E.H. Daniels

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Minnesota
Support
Anti-War Conscientious Objection
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Biography

E.H. Daniels was a conscientious objector from Minnesota imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth; Fort Douglas. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, reduced to 2. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: registered on June 5, 1917, as a C.O.; charged wtih violation of 64th Article of War; sentenced to 10 years in prison, reduced to 2.5 years; imprisoned in Ft. Douglas War Prison Barracks; a religious CO

Case

United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service
Sentence: Sentenced to ten years, reduced to two and a half years. Confined at Fort Douglas; the archive marks Fort Leavenworth with a question mark. This is sentence length, not actual time served. Exact custody endpoints remain unresolved. Source: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pW6wsZo4it4CTtGmn_P-dwg1L0arJBfJEhwcIZlSZNQ/edit (Daniels row415), linked by https://www1.swarthmore.edu/Library/peace/conscientiousobjection/WWI.COs.coverpage.htm
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas

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