The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-06-26

PRESIDENCY.
The candidate for Vice-Presdent is al
most as well-Known throughout the coun-
try as the head of the ticket. General
Logan has moreover the advantage of
military record and no insignificant pop
ularity among the soldiers. In 1928 DIR.
John Logan emigrated from Ireland and
settled in jackson County, H., where,
near MurphySboro, February 8, 1926,
John A. Logan was born. His mother,
who was Elizabeth Jenkins, was native
of Tennessee. The early life of John A.
Logan was spent in Jackson County,
where he obtained some education from
his father and such school-teachers as
CHANGED to teach in the district. Atthe out
break of the Mexican war young Logan
volunteered and was chosen a lieutenant
in a company of the First Illinois In
fautry. As a soldier he did good service,
and was for some time Adjutant of his
regiment. In the fall of 1913, upon his
return home, he commenced the study of
law in the office of his uncle, Alexander
NJ jenkins, formerly Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor of Illinois. In November, 1S49, he
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In $3.50 he attended course of law lee
lures at Louisville, Kentucky, receiving
his diploma in 1851, when he entered in
to practice with his uncle. The fol-
lowing year he was elected Pros
ecuting Attorney of the Third Judicial
! District, and in the fall of the same
| year he was chosen to the State Legisla
| ture, to which position he was three
| times reelected. In 1856 he was 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 member
of Congress from the same district, re-
| ceiving 1878 votes, against 2, ,796 for
| Phillips, Republican. At the next elec-
| ton he was returned by 81 1881 votes as
| against 5,439 for Linegar, Republican.
In the campaign of 1860 he gave his ar
lent support to Stephen A, Douglas.
IN THE WAR.
Mr.. Logan attended the called session
| of Congress in July, 1861, and immediate
| " afterward Joined the troops going to
| the front. He was in the first battle of
! Bull Run. Returning to his home Sep
tember /, he assisted in raising troops,
| and September 18th the Thirty-frst
! Regiment of Illinois Infantry was
organized with Logan commissioned as
| Colonel. March B, 1862, he was made
! Brigadier General, and participated in the
siege of COrinth as commander of the
! First brigade in General Judah's division.
When the attempt to take Vicksburg
began in the fall of 1862, General Logan
was in command Of the First Division of
the right wing of the Thirteenth Corps. On
| the arrival of the command at Memphis,
| December 81, 1862, the Seventeenth Army
Corps was organized, and on January
| II, 1868, General Logan was assigned to
the Third Division, in which position he
remained until the fall of Vicksburg,
when he was assigned to the
command of the Fifteenth Army
! Corps In the movements about
| Vicksburg from February, 1868, uE-
| til JuIy4, when General Pemberton surren-
| uered, General Logan with his command
was actively engaged.
FROM ATLANTA TO THE SEA.
On Juy %, 1864, Logan, as commander
| of the Fifteenth Army Corps, was ordered
| In pursuit of the enemy south of Atlanta.
In the hard-fought battle that followed
| General Mcpherson was killed, and Cen
eral Logan succeeded him in command
Of the Army of the Tennessee. The sue
| cess of the battle was accorded to Logan
| bv General Shermans official report.
| On January 20, 1865, the campaign
of the CarOlinas was commenced,
the movements being for the
|
Army of the Potomac. The com
| mand passing through Columbia, Colds
| borough and Fayetteville, until it reached
Raleigh, near which the surrender oi
johnson took place, and the campaign
was closed.
IN PUBLIC LIFE.
After the close of the war General
Logan was offered the position of Minis
ter to Mexico, but declined. In 1866 he
was elected to Congress as a Republican
from the State at large in Illinois by 9
majority of 90, ,987, and in the Forfeit
Congress was one of the managers of tht
impeachment of President johnson. II
the next, the Forty-frst Congress, LogaI
began to make his mark in various kinds
of legislative work.
In 1870 Logan was elected by the ILL
nois Legislature to the United States
Senate to succeed Richard Yates. After
serving his term he was defeated by th'
Independents, who united upon the Hon