CT History NewsJun 11, 2023

Today in #Connecticut History, June 10: The First Union Officer to Die Fighting in the American Civil War

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June 10: The First Union Officer to Die Fighting in the American Civil War

  Today in 1861, 32-year-old Major Theodore Woolsey Winthrop, a descendant of one of the most important figures in the founding of Connecticut, died in action at the Battle of Bethel in easter…

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