FORCE, Manning Ferguson
Affiliation:
Union
Born: December 17 1824, District of Columbia
Died: May 8 1899, Cincinnati OH
Pre-War Profession: Lawyer
War Service: August 1861 Maj. of 20th Ohio, Lt. Col., Fort Donelson,
Shiloh, May 1862 Col., Vicksburg campaign, August 1863 appointed Brig. Gen.
of Volunteers, commanded 1st Bde/2nd Divn/XVII Corps in Atlanta campaign
(w) Medal of Honor, March to the Sea, Carolinas campaign
Post War: Judge, superintendent of the Ohio Soldiers'
and Sailors' Home, writer.