Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-06-12

prosecuting attorney in the Third Judi
cial District of the State. He was three
times reelected t. the Legislature.
Mr.. Logan was al this time Demo
crat, and Was chosen a Presidential
Elector in the Buchanan campaign. Two
years later he VS. sent TO CongI esS.
This MAS at the time Roscoe CGnkling
first entered that body. Mr.. Logan was
reelected ia 1860. In that year he WAS
an ardent advocate of Sthphen y. Doug
las; and he aGdres ed mass meetIng
in Cooper Institute. in New York City,
in behalf Jf the Little Giant" When
trouble was threatened in the South.
However, he openly avowed his inten~
ton tu see Mr.. Lincoln iuaucurated il
elected. even If he was ohlIE.d io shuul-
aer Il lnusket and 60 10 Washington.
His military experience and patriot
ISM seni the young Congressman into
ar!Ly soon after the outbreak OF the
civil war. He was at Washington at
tending the special session Uf 1861, " hen,
early in the summer, Michigan regi
ment came through Washington on the
way to The front The ardent son of
Illinois enlisted in its ranks as Il private.
and participated in the first battle of
Bull Run. He was among the last to
leave that field. He then hasteued back
10 Illinois to raise regiment of his
own.
Col. Logan took the field with the 3lst
HIN, is Infantry in September, with
Netherlands brigade. He had horse
shot under him at the battle of Belmont.
He was engaged at Fort Henry. and i'll
leading the assault at Fort Donelson
was badly wounded. For gallant and
effective service he was steadily promo
tpd. He greatly assisted Grant in the
Northern Mississippi camp ign of 1862
and as Major General nf Volunteers
commanded the Third Division, 18th
Army Corps, under Mcpherson, in the
movement against Eicksbureh in 1858
Besides brave lighting at Port GlbSoB
re rendered noble service at Champion
Hills He succeeded Gen. Sherman in
in command of the Fifteenth Corps in
Nov. 1868, and made Huntsville, Ala.
his headquarters. He joined the grand
army, which marcned through Georgia
lltAI lVdls pltu a.
Resaca, Dallas and keneSaw Mountain
At the battle of Atlanta he succeeded
Mcpherson, on the latter's fall, and witt
marked magnetism rallied the | nluI
forces. After Sherman fairly Started
| for the sea Gen. Logan came North t.
| make speeches for Lincoln and johnson
! lie rejuiued Sherman at Savannah, anG
shared in the grand review at Washing
ton in May. 1866.
Having declined President Johnson's
offer of the mission To Mexico. Gen. LU
gan returned 10 the civil service of his
cuunlry as Congressman, being reelect
ed to his old seat IN 1866. He remained
there until his election to the Senate il
1871. Among the most conspicuous ui
ul his acts III these four years Was d
| ,wertul Spetch on Reconstruction
which MAS reprinted and widely dissem
mated rs campaign document. On the
tile page was All announcement thai
this was in reply to the utterances of Z
| BROOKLYN member. Gen. Logan was
also one of the managers of the i'm
parchment trial of Andrew Johnson
The Republicans did not control the
Legislature of Illinois in 1ST7.and Judge
| Davis, of the United States Supreme
Court, was elected as an Independent t.
succeed Logan in the Serate. But tive
years late; Gen. Logan was ctosen Il
succeed Richard J. Oglesby. who is this
year the Republican candidate for Gov
ernor. Mr.. Lngan's term expires mex
March. He has taken al active part in
the bates of the Senate and has beeI
noticeablv friend of the soldiers during
his public career. At the present time
he stauds at the head of the Senate
Committee on Military Affairs. and sec
ond on the Judiciary Committee.