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Percy H. Peters

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

Percy H. Peters was a Church of the Brethren conscientious objector from Virginia imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.)

Custody record

The cited World War I archival record does not establish a one-day imprisonment. The imposed sentence and the period actually spent in custody are different; no exact duration is recorded here unless supported by custody records.

Moomaw describes Percy H. Peters in a Camp Lee guardhouse from April 15 to June 15 and sent to Leavenworth on July 16. The separate Greenleaf account of Roy E. Peters must not be assigned to Percy; the precise release remains unresolved.

Sources: Source 1; Source 2; Source 3.

Case

United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service
Released: Jan 27, 1919
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas