Biography
Harrison Heyward was a conscientious objector from Illinois imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. 20 years, reduced to 1. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: registered on June 5, 1917, but not as a C.O.; interviewed by Bd. on Feb. 14, the Disciplinary Barracks ; charge = Disobedience of Orders; original sentence was 20 years, reduced to 1.5 years; African-American
Case
United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth