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sauit. ne was dangerously wounded. which IN.
time Reporting again for duty 10 General
q rant, al pittsburg Landing. no was, March 3,
10 q made brigadier-general OF volunteers
against Corinth, and subsequently was given
the command at jackson, Tenn. with instruc-
lions 20 guard the railroad COM
his s"'S constituents urged him to become
a candidate for ro-elet tion e. Congress.
In a letter declining. he said Il have entered
the field TO die, II need be- for this government,
and never expect 10 return 70 peaceful pursuits
until the object OF this war OF preservation has
become a fact established" During General
nosan SGans1% the third DIVISION Of the
Seventeenth Army Corps, under General
McPherson. exhibiting a skill and bravery
which led 70 his promotion as Major General
OF Volunteers, dating from Nov 2H 1872.
He participated In tho battles OF Fort Gibson,
Raymond, Jackson. and Champion HUI. In the
siege OF Vicksburg he commanded MePherson
center, and on June Is made the assault after
the explosion Of the mine. His column was the
first 10 enter the captured city, and he was
made its military Governor: He slcceeded Gen.
Sheridan In the command OF the Fifteenth Army
Corps in Nov, mber, 1858. In May, h6, lie
Joined Gen. Shefman's army which was prepar-
ing for its march into Georgia led the advance
OF the Army OF the Tennessee in the fight at
Resaca, repulsed Hardee's veterans at Dallas,
and drove the enemy from his line OF works ut
Kenesaw Mountain. At Atlanta, July ~, where
Gen. sherman says. in his report OF that battle !:
Gen. Logan succeeded him, and commanded
the Army OF tho Tennessee through this des-
perate battle with the same success and ability
that had characterized him In the command OF
q corps or division"
After the fall OF Atlanta, Sept. l, 1854, he
went homo and took a prominent part In the
Presidential campaign of that year. He re-
joined his troops, who accompanied General
sherman In his famous march to the sea, at
Savannah, and remained in active service with
e1.ra Aff
federate forces under General Joseph f. john
ston, April 20, 1865 On May %, he was APP
pointed to the command OF the Army OF the
Tennessee, but as soon as active serVive In
the field was over, he resigned his COM
mission, stating that he did not wish
to draw pay when not on active duty: He was
appointed Minister TO Mexico by PRESIDE mt
johnson, but declined. In 1866 he was eleete
n lee pro sentative from Illinois To the Fortietn
Congress a Republican, ard served as one OF
the managers Of the impeachment trial OF
President johnson. He was reelected TO the
Forty-hrst Congress-, and did good service as
Chairman OF the Committee ON Military Affairs
ductlon of the army. He was reelected to
the Forty-second Congress, but before that
body convened he was chosen by the Illinois
Legislature Senator Of tho United States for
the term beginning March 4. 1871. He sue
ceeded Vice President Wilson rs Chairman OF
the Senate Committee ON Military Affairs ut the
beginning of the Forty-second Congress, Dec =,
1872. After the expiration OF his term OF ser.
vice. March 3, 1877, he resumed the practice OF
law in Chicago. He was again returned to the
United States Senate, and took his seat ON the
converting OF that body in extra session, March
Is, 1879. He was reelected in 1885, his term OF
service not expiring until March 3, 1891.
Both In the House and Senate he In maintained
his reputation for brilliancy and success gained
in the field. While a Re pre- sentative his most
important speeches were: ION Reconstruction,
July IL, 1867; ION the Impeachment OF Presi
dent Johnson" February %, 1868; principles
OF the Democratic Party" July 10, 1868; on
luff Mt ~ F.
protesting against counting the electoral vote
| Of Georgia. February ~, 1869; Removing tho
Capital, January %, 1870, In the Senate
his most noted speeches have been: win
dication Of President Grant Against the Attach
| of Charles Sumner" June 3, 1872; reply K
Senator Gordon en- the "Kuklux in Louisiana,
Jan H. 1876; "On tho Equalization OF Bountei
| of Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines" March
| 1875; ION tho Power of the Government to En-
| force United States Laws" June %, 1879. Oh
June 0, $780, no delivered an able and eloGuen
\ speech ON the "FitL John Porter Case" which
has added greatly to his reputation as Il forcibl'
and effective speaker.
In the Presidential canvass Of 1880 he favored
| the nomination of General Grant, but did mos
effective service for General Garfield in thu
| campaign.
In 1854 he was presented by his State as
| candidate for President On the domination o
Blaine he was made the candidate for Vic
| President by unanimous vote.
| General Logan was a man OF fine presence
rendered striking by his jet black hair an'
| strongly marked features. He possessed in
high degree those traits of character which VIII
success-a strong personal magnetism, un
| daunted courage, and untiring industry.
| Nov. ~, 1885, he was married to Miss Mary S
| Cunningham, daughter of Captain Cunning
ham, Register Of the Land Office at Shawnee
/ town, Ill She is lady of superior education
and rare social qualities who has taken n deel
interest in her husbands career, and has don
much to aid in his advancement by her genia
intercourse with his supporters, and the car
with which she has attended, to his largo CORE
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