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vision of the right wing of the Thir-
teenth Corps. On the arrival of the
command at Memphis, Dec. 81, 1862,
the Seventeenth Army Corps wls or
ganized, and on Jan. II, 1868, Ger.
Logan was assigned to the Thi ird Di
vision. in which position he remained
until the fall of Vicksburg, when he
was assigned to the command of the
Fifteenth Army Corps. In the move
ments about Vicksbnrg from Feb
raary, 1868, until July 4, when Ger.
Pemberton surrendered, Gen. Logan
with his command was actively en-
gagged, and it was through number
of brilliant movements by him that
important advantages were gained and
and the final result hastened.
In the Atlanta campaign Gen.
Logan's corp was a part Of McPher-
sons command, which. as Gen. Sher-
man said. was the snapper to the whip
with which he proposed to punish the
enemy. During the movement Logan
was conspicuously at the front and
the forces under his immediate COM
mand bore an important part in all
the actions and maneuvres that result
ed finally in the taking of Atlanta
and the surrounding strongholds of
The Confederatps. At Dallas, as at
Resaca. Gen. Logan's command was
in the front, and the desperation with
which the men under him fought
showed their implicit confidence in
their commander to lead them. to vic
tory under the most perilous circnm-
stances.
On July %, 1864, Logan, as COM
mander Of the Fifteenth Army Corps,
was 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. Sher-
mans official report. In subsequent
operations in the South, Gen. Logan's S
command was always prominent, and
usually successful.
After the close of the war Gen.
Logan was offered the place OF Minis
ter to Mexico, bat 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 Con-
gress was one Of the managers Of the
peachment Of President johnson.
In the next, the Forty-frst Congress,
Logan began to make his mark
as parliamentary leader. He was
then Chairman Of the Military Com
mittee, and was charged with the duty
of investigating the sale Of cadetships
to the Naval and Military Academies.
A number Of Southern carpet bag
Republicans, it was thought, had
swelled their exchequer in this wise.
Pursuing the investigation with ASST
duty, Logan caught one of these and
showed up his methods, and COM
pelled hila to resign.
In 1870 Logan was elected by the
Illinois Legislature 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 the
legislation of the Senate and has in
troduced many useful bills. His
efforts for the soldiers have been un-
remitting, and among his his last
operations in Congress was his earnest
opposition to the measures introduced
for the restoration of Fitz John Por-
ter to the army