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Force, Manning Ferguson

soldier, jurist, author, was born Dec. 17, 1824, in Washington, D. C. In 1845 he graduated from Harvard; and three years later from the law school of that institution. In 1861 he was appointed major of the twentieth Ohio regiment, promoted to lieutenant colonel, and was engaged at Fort Donelson and Shiloh.

He was then made colonel, took part in the siege of Vicksburg, and was made brigadier-general of volunteers.

He was with Sherman on his march to Meridian in his Atlanta campaign, his march to the sea, and across the Carolinas; and brevetted major-general of volunteers in 1865. During 1867-77 he was judge of the court of common pleas of Hamilton county, Ohio; and from that time till 1887 was judge of the superior court of Cincinnati. In 1888 he was appointed commandant of the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' home, which position he still holds. He is the author of From Fort Henry to Corinth; Marching Across Carolina; The Mound Builders; Prehistoric Man; and Recollections of the Vicksburg Campaign.