Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-12-28
LOGAN DEAD.
us PASSES AWAY AFTER A VERY
BRIEf ILLNESS.
r.,.o, peath-His Last Moments-sketch
o.His Military and Politi-
cal Career.

G., washington shortly before 3 O'Clock
sunday afternoon.
,on,,cr IoCan's illness dated hack nearly
,,,', yccks. when DIR. j. II. Baxter, chief
,cdicai purveyor 81 the army, was called
In and found him suffering considerably
,ro,n acute rheumatism. which was then
.cuGped chiefly n Ais right wrist. In the
,oiiisc Of three OF Tour DAYS II yielded 10
,-,,tmcni and be became very much better.
W,ihiu daS or tWo, however, he took adj
dii,.nal cold. which resulted in relapse, the
,brpmailc affection extending TO his hips
and lover eNiromiIics. as wei rs 10 both
ems. The attack was attended at times by
t,,b fever and nervous pr0strati0a, In
uiicb the lr1in vas considerably involved,
uniting in delirum, more or less active.
While not suffering auv pain incident t.
p,c rheumatism. vet there had been for the
,,,.i two or three days gradual decrease
m strength and q tendency 70 brain CON-
,.tcs'ions 81 very serious nature. He
ues much reduced in strength by over
work. and bis system WAS not in q proper
condition Ia resist di,ca>e. DR.. Baxter
r,lcd in Dr. Hamilton, Surgeon-General OF
ihr MaTine.lIospitsl service, and Dr. Lin
csfn a, consulting physicians.
The tendency 20 brain complications,
which had been present in 4 greater or less
decree, and was constantly Increasing N
.ofrity during his entire Illness, had pie.
,srcd his physicians ~ expect the worst.
The facking pllns which he suffered during
tr, farly DAYS oi his illness yielded 20 treat.
,.,rf. but loft him in weak and exhausted
.,niiu0n, from Which he never rallied,
.rd upop which the fever pTcyed with IN.
cressinr violence until his death. After
saturday, midnight his pulse grew weaker
and weaker, aud az 1 O'Clock SUNDAY morn
mo bi. condition WAS such a 10 cause great
fc,- Of bis immediate death After this he
e.llcd somewhat, and n the consultation
sunday morning vi, pulse wa found ~ be
,,gcwhai stronger, hut his general condl.
f,,u was not such a 10 give any hope oil
ultimate recovery.
HIS LAST MOMENTS.
After noon no one ycnturcd 10 express
bore that the sufferer would last during the
DAY. Intimate friends gathered with the
i,f.strickcn relatives about the bedside,
while there were many persons IN the sp',,
r,ous han and parlors below. The st'ilel
sohs Of the wife and children. and the mar
,ic,.latc utteTances Of the dying mln were
audible attimes throughout the man'loh' Al
the head of the bed kuelt MR.. Logan, one
am cncirclinr her dying husbands neck
the hand NJ Tue oth'T ,'rokine MS iOreheau.
A,hrr.id, ycrr John 4. Logan, Jr., and
tte pcy. Or. Newman. Opposite these
,,e,e The daughter, Mrs. Tucker, and her
husband. aud George 4. Logan, the Gen
er,'. ncplev. The scene said DR.. Blk
Ter. eva, one OF the Saldcst that baye
over witnessed. All present were deeply
stlec,ed. ,Tne grief Of Mrs. Logan and her
children W., pitiful in the extreme.
Al , O'Clock the General revived sn.li.
cifntlv 10 recognize his wife, who has been
Al las bedside night and day during his en-
tire Illness. ~ she spoke TO him h. looked
mn into her face, and all who were present
knew that be recognized her. This was
tlo Last mantle station OF coaSclou'n -.
lie thtn wcarily closed his eyes AMI sank
again into a lethargic sleep from when he
never woke.
CENFEN ICGAN's CAREER.
Dr. John Logan. senator L1gln's father,
cmigrii,d from lrc land and settled ~
Jackson county, H., where John \. Logan
W, hcin. liz molhcr, who was Elizab, tn
.Orkils. wa, native Of Tennessee. AZ
ihe outbreak of the Mexican war younJ
LOGAN volunteered, and was chosen q lieu
tenant i'm a company Of the First Illinois
iulanir,. s., a soldier he did good service,
and wa, for some time adjuant Of his
regiment. In the fall OF lS4S, upon his re-
turn 10 HIS home, he commenced the
Study Of law in the Office OF his uncle,
Alexander NJ. jenkins, formerly Lieu
tenant Goytl nor OF Illinois. 10 NOvem'
Der. lSi9. was elected clerk Of JACKSON
county. I'm 1850 he attended a course OF
l1w lectures at Louisville. Ky, receiving
JOB, diploma in 1851, when he entered into
fr .anr Nh rFgtsy
1t4r he was elected prosecuting attorney II
The Third judicial district, and in the fall
~ the same year ne was chosen 10 the state
Legislature. to which position he vas three
timos rejected. In lSiG he was prc,i.
Dental cltc'Or on the Democratic ticket for
the Ninth congressional district, and voted
or James Buchanan for President. Two
ve.Is later be wa elected amcmDer Of Com
grc,s from The same district, receiving 4
larec Democratic majority, and ~ the
expiration u li, term nc VA, re-
elected. In the camplign OF 1850 he gave
hl- ardent support 10 stephen \. D1u ,li>.
H. t,trdei tbc called session Of Congress
in 3uly, 1861. and immediately Joined tn
lro0l, gong 10 the front. lie was ~ the
n., battle # Bun Run. and amDuy the
,A,t t0 leave thc d-d. Returning TO his
humc >CpttM Ger 1T, hc assisted m raising
troop. asd september l3.b the Thirty
fist regiment II llnoi, infantry WAS
Organized. with Logan commissioned
10, COLONEL. ON March >. 1862. ne
WAS made rl-licr.gcncrll, and ptrtlcj-
ra'ej N TIE ,iege q CQrintd AS
,gui-.ii.iisr .f thp F,r,t iri.lde I'm .ttn.Ai
Jud,i'. division nj t.e r,,ht wing OF the
army ana f.r Pal. valiant = ryj,.. wa, pub
IN, thanked D, General sherman in his
,lral rcuorf. When the ATTEMPT T. take
Ni.t.hlir., ir,,u i'm The fiilaf IsG2 General
l.caan W., ia command of the First divi-
lion Of The right Wing of the Thir.
tptuh c,rp,. On the arrival Of the com.
paud a N,wpti>, December 81. 1852, the
>eycriocuh amy corp, was organized,
old ~ I9DN,ry n. 1853. General Logan
,,.,a..icp,dt.ibc .rhird division. IN winch
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