Biography
Ward Clarence Daisenberger was a Jehovah's Witnesses conscientious objector from New York 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: assigned to 21st Recruit Company (as a recruit, not a draftee), Headquarters Eastern Department, Governors Island (New York, New York), June 17, 1918 (may not have been his first assignment); imprisoned at Ft. Leavenworth about Sept. 13, 1918; sentence remitted on Aug. …
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.
The archival compilation places Leavenworth imprisonment at approximately September 13, 1918 and records remission on August 20, 1919. The September date is approximate; remission does not independently establish the physical release day.
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