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Lot of 2 signed albumen photographs, each a 5.25 x 7.25 in. oval albumen print on an 8 x 10 in. mount, one with the blindstamp of Webster & Bro. / Louisville, and two two-cent revenue stamps on verso. Both photographs feature Brigadier General Manning F. Force surrounded by members of his staff, all of whom have autographed the mount with their name and rank. The smaller group includes, from left to right: G.C.U.(?) Craton (?) / Lieut. & A.A.Q.M.; O. Greenough (?) / Lieut. and A.D.C.; M.F. Force, who has signed as Brig. Gen.; and Sam'l R. Adams / Lieut. & A.D.C. The larger group includes, from left to right: Albert Rochne(?) / Cptn & Div Insp; E.B. Boyd / Capt and D.Q.M.; M.F. Force, who has signed as Brevet Major Gen.; Henry O. Durgher(?) / Lt. and A.D.C.; William H[???] / Capt. & Judge Advocate; Saml. R. Adams / Capt. & A.A.G.; [???] Carr / Capt. & A.Q.M.; and F.M. Rose / Surg. in chief. Manning Ferguson Force (1824-1829) was a graduate of both Harvard College and Harvard Law School, practicing law in Cincinnati from 1849 until the outbreak of the war, when he enlisted as a major in the 20th OVI. He was quickly promoted to lieutenant colonel and served with Gen. Grant at Fort Donelson and Shiloh, earning another promotion to colonel of the 20th OVI by May 1862. Continuing on with Grant through West Tennessee and Mississippi, he served with distinction during the Siege of Vicksburg, and was promoted yet again to brigadier general of volunteers on Aug. 11, 1863. Gen. Force was given command of a brigade under Sherman during the Atlanta campaign and the March to the Sea, during which he was severely wounded in the face and received a brevet to major general and in 1892 was awarded the Medal of Honor for special gallantry (in the later photograph as brevet major general, upon close examination, one can discern the large scar and discoloration of Force's left cheek, which he wore for the rest of his life). After being given charge of a military district in Mississippi in the immediate aftermath of the war, he returned to Cincinnati and served as a judge for the next 20 years, and upon his retirement became superintendent of the Soldiers' Home in Sandusky, OH, where he died at the age of 74. Force was the author of numerous historical and biographical works on the Civil War and other topics, and a member of various academic and cultural societies. As a founding member and sponsor of the Cincinnati Zoo, Cincinnati Museum Association, and the College-Conservatory of Music, his influence in Cincinnati is still evident today. Condition: Both very good.