, 1884-06-07
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trict. At the outbreak of the Mexican
war, young Logan volunteered and was
chosen a lieutenant in the First Illinois
Infantry. AS a soldier he did good ser
vice, and was for some time adjutant of
his regiment. In the fall of 1913, upon
his return to his home, he
COMMENCED THE STUDY OF LAW
IN the office of his uncle, Alexander NJ.
Jenkins, formerly lieutenant governor of
Illinois. In November, 1S49, he was
elected clerk of Jackson county. In 1850
he attended a course of law lectures at
Louisville, KY, receiving his diploma in
1851, when he entered into practice with
his uncle. The following year he was
elected prosecuting attorney of the Third
judicial district, and in the fall of the
same year he was chosen to the state
legislature, to which position he was three
times reelected. In 1856 he was a presi-
dental elector on the Democratic ticket
for the Ninth congressional district, and
voted for James Buchanan for president.
Two years later he was elected a member
of Congress from the same district, re-
ceiving a large Democratic majority, and
at the expiration of his term he was re-
elected. In the campaign of 1860 he
gave his ardent support to Stephen A.
Douglas.
HOW DID HE STAND
There have been rumors to the effect
that at the outbreak of the war Logan was
not the strongest kind of a union man.
1t has been asserted, indeed, that he at
first thought of casting his fortunes with
the South, and undertook to raise volun-
teers for the confederate army. But the
story has been denounced US a malicious
invention of his enemies, and it is certain
that he was among the first to enlist for
the war of the union. He attended the
called session of congress in July, 1861,
and Immediately afterward joined the
troops going to the front. He was in the
first battle of Bull Run, and among the
last to leave the field. Returning to his
home September l, he assist
ed in raising troops, and September 10
the 3lst regiment of Illinois
infantry was organized with Logan COM
missioned as colonel. The first engage
ment in which he and his command par
ticipated was the battle of Belmont, in
November of the same year, when his
ability as a commander, and his dash and
intrepidity, foreshadowed the fact that he
was to play a conspicuous part in the ope-
rations of the army. He
PARTICIPATED IN THE MOVEMENTS
at Fort Henry, and was present at Fort
Donelson, where he received a severe
wound, and did not rejoin his command
until some weeks afterward, on the even
ing of the last day of the battle of Shiloh.
On March 3, 1862. he was made brigadier
general and participated in the seige of
Corinth as commander of the first brigade
in General Judah's division of the right
wing Of the army, and for his valiant ser
vices was publicly thanked by General
Sherman in his official report. He was
present at the fall of Vicksburg, into
which he led the march. He participated
in the Atlanta campaign, and after Gen
eral Mcpherson was killed, assumed COM
mand of the Army of the Tennessee. In
1865 he participated in the campaign of
the Carolinas.
AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE WAR
General Logan was offered the position of
Minister Of Mexico, but declined. In
1866 he was elected to Congress from the
state at large in Illinois by a majority of
55, 9S7, and in the fortieth Congress was
one Of the managers of the impeachment
of President johnson. In the next, the
forty-frst Congress, Logan began to make
his mark. He was then chairman of the
military committee, and was charged with
the duty of investigating the sale of cadet
ships to the naval and military academies.
A number of Southern carpet bag Re
publicans, it was thought, had swelled
their exchequer in this wise. Pursuing
the investigation with assiduity, Logan
caught a South Carolina carpet-bagger
named W~hittemore, and exposed him in
speech in the House. To save expulsion,
Whittemore resigned, and went back to
his profession Of lay preacher,
HIS LATER COR
In 1870 Logan was elected by the Il
linois Legislature to the United States sen
ate 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 legislation of the senate, and has in
troduced many useful bills. His efforts
for the soldiers have been unremitting.
He has been especially active in the SEN
ate of late years in fighting the restora-
ton of Fitz John Porter to the army.
His course on that matter, however, does
not appear TO have strengthened his pop
u%larity with the public if the number of
his delegates may be taken as an indica-
ton.
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