Research Catalog

Title

The Blackstone of military law : Colonel William Winthrop / Joshua E. Kastenberg ; Martin Gordon, consulting editor.

Author

Kastenberg, Joshua E., 1967-

Publication

Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2009.

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Details

Description

ix, 342 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

Colonel William Winthrop 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. This biography includes Winthrop's legal training, his involvement in abolitionism, his military experiences during the Civil War, and his long tenure as a judge advocate.

Subject

• Winthrop, William, 1831-1899
• Judge advocates > United States > Biography
• Lawyers > Massachusetts > Boston > Biography
• Lawyers > Minnesota > Biography

Genre/Form

• collective biographies.
• Biographies
• Biographies.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-342).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

A privileged lineage -- From youth to Yale : the making of a legal mind -- Bostonian lawyer with stirrings of abolitionism -- Frontier lawyer in the Minnesota Territory -- The Winthrop brothers go to war -- A sharpshooter on the Peninsula Campaign -- From Second Manassas to Fredericksburg : "I had some pretty close escapes" -- Civil War judge advocate -- Professionalizing a "constitutional army" in a time of uncertainty : 1865-1895 -- Professionalizing the practice of military law : Winthrop's influence cemented -- Marriage and field service under the command of John M. Schofield -- West Point professor to the end of a career -- Epilogue : retirement and death.

ISBN

• 9780810861770 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0810861771 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9780810863019 (ebook)
• 0810863014 (ebook)

LCCN

^^2008050013

OCLC

• 275153068
• SCSB-9979695

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library