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Ross H. Gillman

AKA: Ross R. Gillman
Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Oklahoma
Time Imprisoned:
4 Months 8 Days
Support
Anti-War Conscientious Objection
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Biography

Ross H. Gillman was a Jehovah's Witnesses conscientious objector from Oklahoma 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.) Archival note: imprisoned at Ft. Leavenworth on Sept. 19, 1918; part of Group 2 of C.O.s released in Jan. 1919 (those whom "the Board of Inquiry now find sincere and who in their judgment would have been recommended for furloughs if they had had the opportunity of being examined by the Board …

Case

United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service
Incarcerated: Sep 19, 1918
Released: Jan 27, 1919
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas