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'''Theodore Winthrop''' (* [[22. September]] [[1828]]; † [[10. Juni]] [[1861]]) war ein [[Vereinigte Staaten|US-amerikanischer]] [[Autor]] und Rechtsanwalt.
 
'''Theodore Winthrop''' (September 22, 1828 – June 10, 1861) was a writer, lawyer, and world traveler. He was one of the first [[Union Army|Union]] officers killed in the [[American Civil War]].
== Leben ==
Winthrop wurde in [[New Haven]], [[Connecticut]] geboren. Über seinen Vater stammt er vom Gouverneur [[John Winthrop]] und über seine Mutter von [[Jonathan Edwards]] ab. Nach seiner Schulzeit studierte er an der [[Yale University]], wo er in Rechtswissenschaften 1848 graduierte. Danach reiste er für ein Jahr nach England und durch Europa und kehrte im Anschluß daran in die Vereinigten Staaten zurück. Er begann schriftstellerisch erste kurze Sketche und Geschichten zu schreiben. 1861 schrieb er sich in das 7. Regiment der ''New York State Militia'' ein. Er folgte einem Aufruf zu den Truppen von Präsident [[Abraham Lincoln]]. Er schrieb ein Essay mit dem Titel ''Our March to Washington''. Nach kurzer Zeit im Militär wurde er zum Major ernannt. In dem [[Gefecht bei Big Bethel]] in [[Virginia]] am 10. Juni 1861 unter Führung des General [[Ebenezer W. Peirce]] fiel Winthrop. Bei einer Attacke gegen die rechte Flanke des Militärs der Südstaaten wurde er tödlich durch ein [[Minié-Geschoss]] des Konföderiertensoldaten Sam Ashe von der ''1. North Carolina Infantrie'' getroffen.
 
==Biography==
Mehrere Romane von Winthrop, für die er selbst zu Lebzeiten keinen Verleger gefunden hatte, wurden erst nach seinem Tod veröffentlicht. Hierzu gehören die Romane ''John Brent'', ''Edwin Brothertoft'', ''Cecil Dreeme'', '' The Canoe and the Saddle'' sowie ''Life in the Open Air''. Seine Schwester ''Laura Winthrop Johnson'' hatte eine Kollektion ''Life and Poems of Theodore Winthrop'' seiner Werke gesammelt und kümmerte sich nach dem Tod ihres Bruders um die Veröffentlichung der Werke.
Winthrop was born in [[New Haven, Connecticut]]. He was descended through his father from Governor [[John Winthrop]] and through his mother from [[Jonathan Edwards (theologian)|Jonathan Edwards]]. An 1848 graduate of [[Yale University]], he travelled for a year in [[Great Britain]] and [[Europe]] and then through the [[United States]]. After contributing to periodicals, short sketches, and stories, which attracted little attention, Winthrop enlisted in the 7th Regiment, [[New York State Militia]], an early volunteer unit of the [[Union Army|Federal Army]] that answered [[President of the United States|President]] [[Abraham Lincoln]]'s call for troops in 1861. He wrote a popular essay about the experience titled "Our March to Washington." He was appointed Major and soon became an [[aide-de-camp]] to [[Major General|Maj. Gen.]] [[Benjamin Butler]], commander of the Department of Virginia headquartered at [[Fort Monroe]].
 
At the [[Battle of Big Bethel]] on June 10, 1861, he volunteered for General [[Ebenezer W. Peirce]]'s staff and drew up a crude plan of battle. After a Federal attack to the enemy right flank was foiled, Winthrop led an ill-fated assault on the Confederate left held by four companies of the 1st Regiment North Carolina Infantry, under the command of [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]] (later [[Lieutenant General (CSA)|Lieutenant General]]) [[Daniel Harvey Hill]].
== Werke (Auswahl) ==
 
In the heat of battle, Major Winthrop leapt onto the trunk of a fallen tree and reportedly yelled, "One more charge boys, and the day is ours." Soon thereafter, he was killed by a [[Minie ball|musket ball]] to the heart and became the first casualty of rank for the Northern side in what history regards as the first pitched land battle of the Civil War. Ironically, ardent abolitionist Winthrop was shot by a [[black people|Black]] [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] soldier—Private Sam Ashe of the 1st North Carolina Infantry.
* ''John Brent''
* ''Edwin Brothertoft''
* ''Cecil Dreeme''
* '' The Canoe and the Saddle''
* ''Life in the Open Air''
 
Winthrop's [[novel]]s, for which he had failed to find a publisher during his lifetime, appeared posthumously. They include ''John Brent'', founded on his experiences in the far West, and ''Edwin Brothertoft'', a story of the [[American Revolution]]. ''Cecil Dreeme'', his most important work, was a semi-autobiographical novel dealing with social mores and gender roles set at [[New York University]], where Winthrop had once been a lodger. Other works include ''The Canoe and the Saddle'' and ''Life in the Open Air''. His sister, [[Laura Winthrop Johnson]], assembled a collection of his poems and prose organized by the time period of his life ''Life and Poems of Theodore Winthrop''.
== Weblinks ==
* [http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/collections/exhibits/bobst/washsq/voices/volumes/cdreeme/html/CD_int.HTM NYU and the Village: Theodore Winthrop]▼
 
==See also==
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▲* [http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/collections/exhibits/bobst/washsq/voices/volumes/cdreeme/html/CD_int.HTM ''NYU and the Village: Theodore Winthrop]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=PwQXAAAAYAAJ Life and Poems of Theodore Winthrop]
 
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