The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-06-26

pe.ilous position, Mrs. Logan turned her horse
lround and in the darkness pluckily set
out again on that long ride 70 Carbondale 1t
was o'clock in the morning when the train
which bore her husband rolled into the depot,
but without waiting to rest and refresh them
selves. they secured fresh horse and by day
light were once more at Marion. The town
was still full OF people pacing the Streets but
on perceiving that General Logan had really
arrived, and Oh receiving his promise 10 adj
dress them at IL O'Clock, they made no demon
stration.
A MEMORABLE MORNING..
That was amorning that the people of south
ern Illinois viii never forget. At the hour APP
pointed q wagon was drawn up In the public
square, from which the general addresseda vast
audience. There We're those present who had
sworn 70 take his life if he declared for the
Union. but, at the conclusion Of his speech, he
quietly got down from the wagon and then
and there enlisted one hundred aud ten men
for the FIRST company Of the regiment which he
proposed 70 raise IN defense of the Union.
There happened 70 be present a ffer and
drummer who had served in the Mexican
war, and these sturdy old veterans furnished
the music. Captain Looney was chosen to
command the company. and the general, re-
ceiving telegram from Governor Yates tender
ing him commission as colonel and asking
him 10 raise regiment In his district, resi- ned
his seat IN Con- ress-the first Representative to
do sO,-accepted the governors offer, and, with
IN the next ten days, succeeded In eniisting a
regiment Of loo men.
During this period. and while the regiment
was being organized, Mrs. Logan acted as his
ald-de-c2mp. frequently carrying his dispatches
between Marion and Carbondale and making
the long and wearisome journey with no other
companion than a little boy named Willie
Chew.
THE STRIPED HOSPITAL
From what have said you viii be prepared
20 believe that Mrs Logan took every oppor-
tunity that offered to be with the general dur
ing his campaigns She followed him TO Cairo,
where the troops rendezyouscd. and where his
regiment suffered from an epidemic OF measles
Five hundred Of the men were attacked by the
disease, and the purYeyor's Office and the medi-
cal branch of the army were at that time so
poorly organized that the proper attention
could not be given them. hotel had been
taken possession OF and converted into q So
called hospital, but the boys were without cots
o. beds, and compelled 10 lie on the bare floor
with only their knapsacks for pillows The
general was naturally SOLICITORS about their
condition, and at the FIRST suggestion from him
that something ought to be done, his wife took
the train for Carbondale, and soon had the
kind-hearted ladies of that place and Marion
busily engaged in preparing the necessary sup
pics, SO that within thirty-six hours the bare
anc cherries hospital was entirely revolution
ized in appearance. The general succeeded in
obtaining some cots, and the ladies furnished
bountiful supplies of blankets. pillows, etc.
Up 10 this time eight or ten poor fellows had
died OF the disease, but after this transfouna-
hon had been effected in the hospital not
single life Was lost. OF course the blankets
supplied by these loyal women were of many
colors and patterns, and thus this infrmary
came to be known as the Striped Hospital
80.
ness and thougbtfulness on that occasion
Mrs. Logan remained at Cairo until the en-
iSarkation OF the troops and from that city heard
tiic cannOnaoing at Belmont, in November In
January, 1862, she returned TO Marion but after
the battle Of Fort Donelson. where the general
was wounded, she Joined him on board the
Uncle Sam, then lying in the Tennessee
River aud afterwards had him removed to a
neighboring house which had been appropriated
for hospital headquarters where she tenderly
nnrshcd him until lac was able TO rejoin his
Command, which he did or April z, reaching
the field Of Shiloh on the evening of the
second days battle. Mrs Logan again followed
him, but upon the movement Of the army On
Corinth returned home The February follow
ing 1853 she saw him again at Memphis,
where she also miniStered TO the sick and
wounded IN The hospital. She was particular
10 LOOK alter The comfort of the boys of her
hnsbands regiment who were, as she has often
tod me, every one Of them fit to be invited
10 any gentleman's house But the time came
when tho troops were ordered of to yicksburg
and she once more returned TO Marion.
A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
SO bitter had become the feelings of the
Southern sympathizcrs there at that time
however, that she decided TO remove to Carbon.
dale, where she remained until the close of the
war. For long time she had no one to helm
her except young lady who has since become
HE xNffa nf .. \
know, used to personally take care of the six
OF seven head of horses that she had brought
from Marion. At last she picked up an old
cciored mana rcfugee-and was promptly no.
tiled BY her rebel ncighbors that if she did