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command was ordered to take the lead in the
march into Vicksburg, July 4, after which he
was given command of that post which he re-
tanned until placed in command of the Fifteenth
corps, Nov ID, 1868.
During the latter part Of December and Janu-
ary he organized an expedition into northern
Alabama where he dismissed the rebel conscript
ofhcers, for which he officially mplimented,
In the Atlanta campaign Gen. Logans corps was
part of McPherson's command, which, as Gen.
sherman said, was the snapper to the whip with
which he proposed to punish the enemy. During
the movement Logan conspicuous at the
front, and the forces under his immediate COM
mand bore an important part in all the actions
and maneuvers that resulted finally in the taking
possession of Atlanta and the surrounding
strongholds of the confederate forces. At Dallas
as at Resaca, Gen. Logans command was in the
front, and the desperation with which the men
under him fought showed their implicit conf
dence in their commander to lead them on to vic
tory even under the most perilous circumstances.
On July %, 1863, Logau, as commander of the
Fifteenth army corps, ordered in pursuit of
the enemy south of Atlanta. In the hard fought
battle that followed Gen. Mcpherson was killed,
and Gen. Logan succeeded him in command of
the Army of the Tennessee. The success of the
battle was accorded to Logan by Gen. Shermans
official report. The battle of July 90, which fol-
lowed was another hotly-contested fight in which
Logans command was equally as conspicuous
and fuccessful. At Jonesboro, Aug. 80, he was
again in advance, and, seeing the necessity
OF prompt action, without waiting
for orders he pushed forward and
saved the bridge across Flint river, went
into a fortified position within mile and half
of Jonesboro, fought sharp battle, and won a
decided victory. On Jan. 20, 1865, the cam
paign of the Carolinas was commenced, the
movements being for the purpose of encounter
ing Johnson's army of the Potamac. This march
was full of peril and privations, in all of which
Gen. Logan was with his men day and night,
wading swamps and streams, and doing all that
the men of his corps were called on to suffer.
The command moved on, driving the enemy at
every point, passing through Columbia, Colds
borough and Fayetteville, until it reached Ra-
leigh, near which the surrender Of johnson took
place, and the campaign closed.
After the close of the war Gen. Logan was
offered the position of minister to Mexico, but
declined. In 1866 he was elected to congress
from the state at large in Illinois by majority of
55sS7, and in the fortieth congress was one of the
managers of the impeachment of President
Logan began to make his mark. He was then
chairman of the military committee, and was
charged with the duty of investigating the sales
of cadetships to the naval and military academ-
les. A number of southern carpet-bag Repub-
icans. it was thought, had swelled their excheq-
| uer in this wise. Pursuing the investigation with
assiduity, Logan caught South Carolina carpet
bagger named Whittemore, and exposed him in
speech in the house. To save expulsion White
more resigned and went back to his profession of
lay preacher.
m1s70 Logan was elected by the Illinois legis-
lature to the United States senate to succeed
Richard Yates. After serving his term he was
defeated by the Independents, who united upon
the Hon. David Davis as his successor, but he
was again elected to succeed Oglesby in 1879. He
has always taken an active part in all the legsla-
tion of the senate, and has introduced many use
full bills. His efforts for the soldiers have been
unremitting.