Theodore Winthrop (September 22, 1828 - June 10, 1861) was a novelist, lawyer, and world traveler, best known today as the first Union officer killed in the American Civil War. Winthrop was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He was descended through his father from Governor John Winthrop and through his mother from Jonathan Edwards. An 1848 graduate of Yale University, he travelled for a year in Great Britain and Europe and then through the United States. Wikipedia
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Theodore Winthrop was a curious young man whose literary career began late in his short life. Born on September 22nd, 1828 in New Haven, Theodore was a member of the prestigious Winthrop family of Connecticut, which included John Winthrop, the first gove www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/collections/exhibits/bobst/wash...
