Colonel William Winthrop singularly was the most influential person in developing the military law of the United States. A half century ago, the Supreme Court tendered to Winthrop the title, "The Blackstone of Military Law," meaning simply that his influence outshone all others. He has been cited over 20 times by the highest court and well over a 1,000 times by other federal courts, state courts, and legal texts. In this, he surpasses most other legal scholars, save Joseph Story, John Marshall, or Felix Frankfurter. But while biographies of each of these Supreme Court Justices have been written, there has been none to date on Winthrop.
The Blackstone of Military Law: Colonel William Winthrop is the first biography on this important figure in military and legal history. Written in both a chronological and thematic format, author Joshua E. Kastenberg begins with Winthrop's legal training, his involvement in abolitionism, his military experiences during the Civil War, and his long tenure as a judge advocate. This biography provides the necessary context to fully appreciate Winthrop's work, its meaning, and its continued relevance.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. A Privileged Lineage
- Chapter 2. From Youth to Yale: The Making of a Legal Mind
- Chapter 3. Bostonian Lawyer with Stirrings of Abolitionism
- Chapter 4. Frontier Lawyer in the Minnestoa Territory
- Chapter 5. The Winthrop Brothers Go to War
- Chapter 6. A Sharpshooter on the Peninsula Campaign
- Chapter 7. From Second Manassas to Fredericksburg: "I Had Some Pretty Close Escapes"
- Chapter 8. Civil War Judge Advocate
- Chapter 9. Professionalizing a "Constitutional Army" in a Time of Uncertainty: 1865–1895
- Chapter 10. Professionalizing the Practice of Military Law: Winthrop's Influence Cemented
- Chapter 11. Marriage and Field Service under the Command of John M. Schofield
- Chapter 12. West Point Professor to the End of a Career
- Chapter 13. Epilogue: Retirement and Death
- Bibliography
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