Norton Parker Chipman
Subtitle: a biography of the Andersonville war crimes prosecutor
By: Jeffery A. Hogge ; foreword by Judge Janice R. Brown.
Publisher: McFarland & Co., Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9780786434497
Subjects: Chipman, N. P. -- 1836-1924; United States. -- Congress. -- House -- Biography; United States. -- Army -- Officers -- Biography; Andersonville Prison; Legislators -- United States -- Biography; Lawyers -- United States -- Biography; Judges -- California -- Biography; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography; Washington (D.C.) -- Politics and government -- To 1878; California -- History -- 1850-1950 -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: "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.
Notes: "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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.