James W. Livingston

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

James W. Livingston was a conscientious objector from Massachusetts imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth; Fort Douglas. Sentenced to 15 years in prison - reduced to 3 years. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: put in stockade at Camp Meade; sentenced to 15 years in prison - reduced to 3 years; sent to Leavenworth on Nov. 25, 1918; imprisoned in Ft. Douglas War Prison Barracks; a religious CO

Case

United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service (World War I court-martial of a conscientious objector)
Released: December 1919
Sentence: Sentenced to 15 years in prison - reduced to 3 years. Held at Fort Leavenworth; Fort Douglas. Released 1919 (Dec.).
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas

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