Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-12-30

and was fot some time adintant of his regi-
ment In the fall of 1S49 upon his return
home, he commenced the study of law in the
office of his uncle, Alexander M Jenkins
formerly lieutenant governor of Illinois In
November. 1919, he was elected clerk Of
jackson county In 1880 he attended a
course of law lectures at Louisville, KY. re-
ceiving his diploma in 1851. when he
entered INTO practice with his uncle.
The following year he was elected
prosecuting attorney of the Third
Judicial district, and in the fall of the same
year be was chosen 10 the state legislature,
TO which position he was three times re-
elected. In 1856 he was presidential eleetor
on the Democratic ticket for the Ninth con-
gressIonal district, and voted for James Blu
chanan for president Two years later he
was elected a member o. congress from the
same district, receiving 5, SIS votes against
2,7pG for Phillips, Republican At the next
election he was returned by 2l,3S1 votes as
against 5,439 for Linegar, Republican. In
the campaign Of 1860 he gave his ardent
support to Stephen A Douglas
IN THE WAR
Mr.. Logan attended the called session OF
congress in July, 1861, and immedi-
ately afterward Joined the troops GO
ing to the front He was in the first
battle of Bull Run, and among the
last to leave the field Returning
to his home Sept 1, he assisted in raising
troops, aud Sept Is the Thirty-hrst regi-
ment of Illinois infantry was organized with
Logan commissioned as colonel The first
engagement in which he and his command
participated was the battle of Belmont, in No
yember Of the same year, when his ability as
commander, and his dash and intrepidity,
foreshadowed the fact that he was to play a
conspicuous part in the operations of the
army He was present at the battle of Fort
Donelson, where he received severe wound,
and did not reioin his command until some
weeks afterward, on the evening OF the last
day of the battle of Shiloh On March 3,
1862, he was made brigadier general. and
participated in the siege of Corinth as COM
mander of the First brigade in Gen. Judah's
division of the right wing of the army, and
for his valiant services was publicly
thanked by Gen. Sherman in bis official re-
port
When the attempt to take Yicksburg be-
gan in the fan OF 1862 Gen Logan was in
command of the First division of the right
wing of the Thirteenth corps On the arri-
/ val of the command at Memphis, Dec 81,
| 1862, the Seventh army corps was organ
lied, and on Jan. IL, 1868, Gen. Logan was
| assigned to the Third division, in which po-
sition he remained until the fall of Yicks-
burg, when he was assigned TO the command
| of the Fifteenth army corps In the move
ments about vicksburg from February, 1868,
until July 4. when Gen. Pemberton surren-
d., 7 u s@ a,,I.
actively engaged, and it was through a num-
Der of
BRILLIANT MOVEMENTS
| by him that important advantages over the
enemy were gained and the final result hast
ened He was selected by Gen. Grant for
consultation during the interviews with
Gen. Pemberton looking TO the terms of the
surrender, and in consideration of his adj
mirabIo services Gen. Logan's command was
ordered to take the lead in the march into
| yicksburg, July 4, after which he was given
the command of that post, which he re-
tanned until placed in command of the Fiji
| teeuth corps, Nov. IA, 1868.
| During the latter part of December and
January Gen Logan organized an expedition
| into Northern Alabama In the Atlanta cam
| paign his corps was a 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 ander his immediate
command bore an important part in ali ac-
lions and maneuyers 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 confluence in
their commander to lead them TO vic ory
even under the most perilous circumstances
FROM ATLANTA TO THE SEA
On July o. 1854 Logan as commander
| of the Fifteenth army corps, was ordered in
| pursuit Of the enemy south of Atlanta In
the hard drought 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 IS, which fol-
lowed, was another hotly contested fight,
in which Logan's command was equal
| ly conspicuous and successful At
Jonesboro. Aug. %. he was again in ad-
vance, and. seeing the necessity of prompt
action, without waiting for orders he pushed
| forward and saved the bridge across Flint
river, went into a fortified position within
mile and half of Jonesboro, fought sharp
battle and won a 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
/ NJ oil. hot
the men of his corps were called on to suffer.
! The command moved on, driving the enemy
at every point, passing through Columbia,
Goldsborough aud Lafayettevllle. 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 Republican from the state at
large In Illinois by majority of 55,9S7, and
| in the FortIeth congress was one of the
managers of the impeachment of President
Johnson. In the next. the Forty-first 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 0glesby
| 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 wee presi-
dent He took an active part IN al 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 n charming wife,
whose efforts contributed materially to the
| success of his public career
| CAUSE OF DEATH
WHEN CONTRACTED.