New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-12-29
BRILLIANT MOVEMENTS

by him that important advantages over the
enemy were gained and the final result hast
ened. He was selected by Gen. Grant fol
consultation during the interviews with
Gen. Pemberton looking TO the terms of the
surrender, and in consideration OF his ad.
mirablc services Gen Logan's command was
ordered to take the lead in the march into
vicksburg, July 4, after which he was giyer
the command of that post, which he re.
tanned until placed in command OF the Fiji
teenth corps, Nov. IA, 1863
During the latter part of December and
January Gen Logan organized an expedition
into Northern Alabama. In the Atlanta cam.
paign his corps was part of McPherson's
command, which, as Gen. Sherman said, was
the snapper to the whip with which he pro-
posed to punish the enemy. During the
movement Logan was conspicuously at the
front, and the forces under his immediate
command bore an important part in all ac-
tions and maneuvers that resulted finally in
the taking possession of Atlanta and the sur
rounding strongholds of the Confederate
forces. At Dallas, as at Resacca, Gen. Lo-
gan's command was in the front, and the
desperation with which the men under him
fought showed their implicit confidence in
their commander to lead them to victory
even under the most perilous circumstances
FROM ATLANTA TO THE SEA
On July %, 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 Gen.
MCPHERSON was killed, and Gen. Logan sue
ceeded him in command Of the Army of the
Tennessee. The success of the battle was
accorded to Logan by Gen. Sherman's official
report The battle of July %, which fol-
lowed, was another hotly contested fight,
in which Logan's command was equal
~ conspicuous and successful At
Jonesboro, Aug: 20, he was again in adj
vance, and, seeing the necessity of prompt
action, without waiting for orders he pushed
forward and saved the bridge across Flint
river, went into fortified position within a
mile and a half Of Jonesboro, fought sharp
battle and won decided victory. On JAN
20, 1865, the campaign of the Carolinas was
commenced, the movements being for the
purpose of encountering Johnson's Army of
the Potomac. This march was full OF peril
and privations in all of which Gen. Logan
was with his men day and night wading
swamps.and streams, and enduring all that
the men of his corps were called on to suffer
The command moved on, driving the enemy
at every point, passing through Columbia
Goldsborough and Lafayetteville. until it
reached Raleigh, near which the surrender
of Johnson took place, and the campaign
was closed.
After the close of the war Gen. Logan was
offered the position of minister to Mexico,
but declined. In 1866 he was elected TO
congress as a Republican from the state at
large in Illinois by a majority of 80, 9s7. and
in the Fortleth congress was one Of the
managers of the impeachment of President
johnson. In the next. the Forty-frsU con-
gress, Logan began to make bis mark in
various kinds of legislative work In 1870
Logan was elected by the Illinois legislature
to The United States senate to succeed Rich
ard Yates. After serving his term he was
defeated by The Independents who united
upon the Hon. David Davis as his successor.
but he was again elected to succeed Oglesby
in 1879. He was a candidate for president
in the Republican national convention in
1884, and after the choice of Mr. Blaine
was unanimously nominated for vice presi-
dent He took an active part IN all the leg
islation OF the senate, and introduced many
useful bills. His efforts for the soldiers
were unremitting The general was the
fortunate possessor of a charming wife,
whose efforts contributed materially to the
success of his public career