Oscar Ervin Hartman

Released
Gender:Male
Era:1910s
State:Virginia
Support
Conscientious Objection Anti-War
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Biography

Oscar Ervin Hartman was a Virginia Mennonite conscientious objector. He refused induction in May 1918 and hid in the Virginia hills rather than report to Camp Lee. Hartman surrendered on June 1, 1920, was court-martialed, sentenced to three months of hard labor, and lost his citizenship. His record appears in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection’s World War I Conscientious Objectors database.

Case

Charges: Refusal to report for induction and absence from military service as a conscientious objector.
Arrested: Jun 1, 1920
Incarcerated: Jun 1, 1920
Sentence: Three months of hard labor and loss of citizenship.
Convicted: Yes

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