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A hard to find image of General Ralph P. Buckland from Ohio.  Buckland started his CIvil War career as Colonel of the 72 Ohio Infantry in January, 1862.  At Shiloh he commanded a brigade in the division of W.T. Sherman, who commended Buckland for resisting the Confederate assault on the first day of the battle.  Buckland was appointed brigadier general on November 29, 1862.  He commanded a brigade of the XV Corps in the Vicksburg campaign.  In January, 1864, he assumed command of the Disatrict of Memphis, where he served until January, 1865.  He resigned his commision in order to accept a seat in Congress in which he had been elected "in absentia".  He was brevetted major general on March 13, 1865.  The image is a bust shot with no backmark.