Norton Parker Chipman

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"Norton Parker Chipman is best known for prosecuting Henry Wirz, commander of the Confederacy's Andersonville Prison where more than 13,000 Union soldiers died during the American Civil War. This biography provides glimpses of a Union officer's perspective of the Civil War, a Washington insider's view of the postwar capital, and a veteran's influence in shaping and developing California"--Provided by publisher.

subjects: Andersonville Prison,  Biography,  History,  Judges,  Lawyers,  Legislators,  Officers,  Politics and government,  United States,  United States Civil War, 1861-1865,  United States. Army,  United States. Congress. House,  United states, congress, house, biography,  United states, army, officers,  Andersonville prison,  Legislators, united states,  Lawyers, united states,  Lawyers, biography

People: N. P. Chipman (1836-1924)

Places: California,  United States,  Washington (D.C.)

Times: 1850-1950,  Civil War, 1861-1865,  To 1878