Ernest Hartzler Miller

Released
Date of birth:18. 08. 1889
Date of death:12. 02. 1973
Age:83† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Kansas
Time Imprisoned:
18 Days
Support
Anti-War Conscientious Objection
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Biography

Ernest Hartzler Miller was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Kansas imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. Sentenced to 25 years in prison. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: was from Virginia, but was farming in Kansas at the time of h is induction; sentenced to 25 years in prison; sent to Leavenworth on Dec. 9, 1918, and was there 18 days; went with the Near East Relief Committee in the Syria-Aleppo District in Nov. 1919 - Nov. 1921; courts-martial #123342

Case

United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service
Incarcerated: Dec 9, 1918
Released: Dec 27, 1918
Sentence: 25 years
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas

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