Daily Republican., 1884-07-31
LOGAN,s WAR RECORD.
STIRRING Incidents in the Life of the III
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Chicago Letter In Boston Herald.
That he was gallant soldier no one
will den. He was the ablest aud most
successful OF the volunteer generals OF the
war. He has fighting qualities and SOL
dierly instincts, and his bravery was I'M
para|leIcd. Many time he led forlorn
hope; many time by his own daring and
inspiring presence he snatched victory
from doieat, and thers was no man In the
army except Sheridan whose personal
courage and leadership were SO effective
upon the battlefield. Columns could be
| filled with anecdotes Of his heroisrn, and
no soldier who served under him will hes
itate TO say that Logan was aGeneral who
always led his men, and never sent them
where he dare not go. When Mcpherson
fell before Atlanta, Logan saved the army
from disaster, and 1t was dorc by his own
personal courage. He rode up and down
| The lines, hafless and spotted with blood,
crying Revenge revenge revenge
Mcpherson %
Those who SAW him that day say he was
more like maniac than a man with rea-
son, and his voice rang out above the roar
of musketry and the confusion of battle
like trumpet's blast. He held the wa
vering, retreating column, and, with q
bIoCd-stained flag In his hand, led the
frenzied troops over the rebel earthworks
IN charge that for force and audacity
was never excelled. Four horses were
shot under him the scsbbard of his sword
was torn away by bullet, the pommel Of
his SADDLE was shattered, and his clothing
was pierced by bullets again and again.
Several times he was driven back, and re-
peatedly did his troops falter and shrink
in the face of storm OF lead that never
fell thicker In any war, but his voice was
audible always; and he told the men he
would go over those earthworks If he
went alone. AS often as horse was shot
under him he would mount another. and,
ga looping up and down the line of battle,
he aroused an or, or that was impctuous
as his own. 1t was not until sunset that
he ceased his advance, aud night found
him camping among the rebe. dead, whose
bodies were pierced with Union bayonets
This scene arises whenever Logan's 10y.
atty is questioned or his military service
doubted. Under any other man that army
would have gone to fragments, and, al
though Sherman has dubbed him &c po-
he saved Shcrmac's army
that day.
There Is story Of Logan that has never
been told. think, but Is well worth tell
ing. While he WAS with Sherman's army
before Atlanta, and a cannouadc was con-
stantly going on, he found, back in the
woods, q" crackers" cabin, In which u
woman had just given birth 10 child.
Viii e the mother was IN the paugs of ma
ternity the shells were bursting around
| the house, and two shots went through
Its shaky walls. The roof was cracked
and leaky, and one square shot would
| have torn the place to flinders, hut the
woman lay there helpless, and the child
little knew the anger and danger that
! ragged without. He sent for surgeon and
| a chaplain, ordered his men to repair the
cabin and raised the hospital flag aoove
its roof to divert the rebel artillery. AT.
ter all was arranged ss comfortable as
possible, he held the wailing infant in his
| arms, and the chaplain christened bel
Shellana." She was the daughter OF
the battle, and when Logan laid the In.
| FAINT down, be rode upon the field again
and directed an assault upon the batter.
les whose shots had rended the house.
| Logan's life has It's romance /; the story
Of his marriage and courtship would fur,
nish novel writer with good theme
No man ever had better wife than Gen
eral Logan, and there Is no nobler woman
In the world than she. The brightest page
in his istory will treat of his domestic
life, pure, beautiful and happy. In tn,
midst Of war, in the intrigues of politics
in the excitements and labors of legisla
tive lite, he has had b home AID 9 famil,
to which he has given, and from which h
has received the most ardent devotion
With all bis iisagreeable qualities, hi
quarrels aud disappointments, Genera
Logan's home is, and has always been,
place where he has found love aud rest
Although the greater part of his life ha
been spent In camps and boarding houses
although he takes his business into bill
family more than any man In public life
has ever done, his domestic surrounding
have been such as the happiest man coult
envy. His wife and children were will
him in the army, and in political cam
psigns have always been at his side. Mrs
Logan has more intellect than her hus
band, more political sagacity than he, and
her tact is unsurpassed. She has always
been his ablest adjutsnt, and to her efforts
is due most OF his political success. She
supplies all he lacks, and without her hi
would be hopeless and helpless wreck
Her father was captain In the Mexican
war, and Logan was member, and after
ward lieutenant, of his company. Thu
family were Irish and their name wa
Cunningham. They came to Illinois frou
Alabama, and were slave holders in tn,
latter State. Captain Cunningham was
map Of considerable Importance In South
ern Illinois, held several federal office
and was Democratic leader In the Legis
lature. Logan got acquainted with hin
during the Mexican war, and used to reat
the letters his daughter Mary wrote from
home. He knew her and loved her before
they ever met, and tho young couple used
to exchange messages through the cap
tAin's home correspondence. When young
Logan went back to Illinois, after tn,
war, he married Mary, and she Is the wo
man who has made him what he is. They
have had three children, but only two live
The elder Ia the wife OF Psymaster Tucker
OF the army, now at Santa Fe, and inner
It's her mothers ability the younger is I
cadet at West Point, and has his father
military taste for his inheritance. Thu
boy should be soldier, for he was born
the very hour when General Logan led tn
Army of the Tennessee In its triumpha
march down Pennsylvania Avenue In thu
grand review at Washington, after tn
close of tho war.