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Illinois volunteers, and afterward
acted as Adjutant of the regiment.
Returning home in 1S4S with an ex-
cellent record he began to study
law, and in the following year was
elected clerk of his native county.
In 1851 he was admitted to the Bar.
In 1852 he was chosen Prosecuting
Attorney of the Third Judicial Court,
and in the the fall of the same year
he was elected to the State Legisla-
ture. 1t is worth recording that at
this time he was a Democrat. He
made his mark as good speaker,
and in 1856 he was elected a Presi-
dental elector on the Buchanan
ticket. He went on the stump, and
lis speeches gave him reputation
which in 1858 sent him to Congress
He lived in an atmosphere of seces-
sion; most of his friends sympathiz-
ed with the Southern cause. But
these influences produced noimpres-
sion on Mr., Logan's mind, and when
Abraham Lincoln became the can
didate for the Presidency he support
ed him with hearty vigor worthy
of emulation.
PRIVATE AT BULL RUN.
During the year 1858 Mr.. Logan
was elected member of Congress
from the Ninth District of Illinois
in the XXXVIth Congress of the
United States, and took his seat in
December, 1859. His term of office
expired March 3. 1861, and, having
obtained reelection during 1860,
he was entitled to take his seat dur
ing the XXXVIIth Congress, but
resigned to take part in putting
down the rebellion. He left his seat
in the halls of the Legislature dur
ing the extra session of July, 1861,
to enter the ranks of Colonel Rich
ardson's regiment of Michigan Vol
unteers, and exhibited great bravery
during the contest at Bull Run, July
81, 1861. He returned to Congress
after that battle, and urged upon the
Government the necessity of raising
sufficient force to put down the
rebels in arms He then, at the
close of the session, went to his ma
tive State, and energetlcally called
upon his countrymen to rally
around the flag of their country and
to put down the rebellion. The cit
izens of his district readily responded
to the call, and the Thirty-first Regi-
ment of Illinois Volunteers was
raised and organized at Cairo on
September Is, 1861. Mr.. Logan was
chosen as the Colonel of the regi-
ment, with a commission dating
from August 10, 1861. Shortly after
its organization his regiment figured
in the sanguinary battle of Belmont.
He was at the capture of Fort Hen
ry, and with several hundred cavalry
pursued and captured eight of the
enemy's guns. He also took an ac
tive part in the reduction of Fort
Donelson. In this engagement Col.
Logan was severely wounded in the
left arm and shoulder, but held his
position until reinforcements arri-
we'd. Shortly after he was attacked
with a serious illness, and for some
time hopes of his recovery were
given up.
GENERAL.
On the 9TH of March, 1882, he was
confirmed Brigadier-General, and
soon after reported to General Grant
at Pittsburgh Landing. Afterward
he figured in all important move
ments. On August 26th he was
placed in command of the forces at
Jackson, Tenn. In the movement
into Mississippi he commanded
division in the right wing, and after
ward one in the Seventeenth Corps
under general Mcpherson. In the
spring of 1863 he was confirmed
Major General of Volunteers, with
rank from November 30, 1862. Dur
ing General Grants rapid move
ments from Grand Gulf to Jackson
in May, 1868, he was continually in
the advance, and occupied the Mis-
sissippi capital. Again, at Champi-
on Hills, he distinguished himself,
and also at the stormipg of Vicks-
May %, 1863. When the Rebel
stronghold was surrendered General
Logan's force had awarded to them
the post of honor-namely, the oc-
cupying of the surrendered city
and General Logan was made Mill
tary Governor from July 4, 1868.
He afterward returned North, where
he addressed large assemblies, sta
ting that he had always been Dem
ocrat, but as the peace of the coun-
try could not be restored without
the extinction of slavery he adyoca-
ted that policy. Having admins
tered the duties of his position at
Vicksburg for some time longer, he,
at his own request for more active du-
ty, was once more placed in the field.
On the 9th of October, 1863, the Pres
ident appointed Major-General John
A. Logan to the command of the
Fifteenth Army Corps, thereby re-
lieving Majer-General Francis 7.
Blair. who was soon to take his seat
in Congress as the representative OF
the First District of Missouri. He
succeeded Sherman at the head of
the Fifteenth Army Corps in Novem-
Der, 1863, and when Mcpherson lost
his life on the 22d of July Logan
succeeded him and commanded the
Army of the Tennessee with the
same ability and success which had
characterized his command of small
er numbers. He was with Sherman
on his March to the Sea-" remain
ing with him until Johnston's sur
render. From the close of the war
until 1871 he occupied various po-
sitions of honor, which attended his
| frequent elections as Representative
in his State and at Washington. In
1871, and again in 1879, he was Sem
ator from Illinois. Senator Logan
has played a brilliant part in the
political history ofthe United States
during the last twenty-five years.
LoGAN's DOMESTIC LIFE.
General Logan resides in Wash
ington, on Twelfth street. In his
domestic relations General Logan has