The blackstone of military law : Colonel William Winthrop /
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 be...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Md. :
Scarecrow Press,
2009.
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| ISBN: | 9780810863019 0810863014 1282499696 9781282499690 9786612499692 6612499699 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of 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.