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Norton Parker Chipman

Brigadier General Army Civil War

Army
Army
Branch of Service
Army
Rank
Brigadier General
Unit
2nd Iowa Volunteer Infantry
Conflict / Era
Civil War
Years of Service
05/28/1861 – 11/30/1865
Date of Birth
03/07/1836
Date of Death
02/01/1924
Hometown
Iowa, OH
Burial Location
Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri
Monument Paver
No
Township (entering service)
Iowa
Township (current / at death)
San Francisco, California
School
Washington College, Iowa
Record Authenticated
No

Biography

School: Washington College, Iowa. served with and friend of Ulysses S. Grant; One of founders of Grand Army of the Republic; authored the order creating Memorial Day;

Source: Off the Hook Marysville JT 07/12/2019; Ancestry - Find A Grave; U.S. Soldiers Records & Profiles; American Civil War General Officers; Obituary - The Marysville Appeal, Marysville, California