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Willie M. Cox

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

Willie M. Cox was a Quaker conscientious objector from North Carolina 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: Sent to Camp Greenleaf (and Oglethorp?); court-martialed along with Roy Peters; imprisoned at Ft. Leavenworth on Sept. 19, 1918

Case

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