The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-12-31

/ Cn1nan LOT DTCbtucUG 1WO yedI6 later ba
was elected a member of congress from the
same district, receiving 1878 votes against
| 2,796 for Phillips, Republican At the next
election he was returned by 21,:3S1 votes "a
against 5,439 for Iinegar, Republican. In
the campaign of 1860 he gave his ardent
support to Stephen A. Douglas.
IN THE WAR
MI. Logan attended the called session NJ
congress in July, 1861, and mmedi.
ately afterward joined the troops 90.
ing TO the front He was In the first
battle of Bull Run, and among the
last to leave the field. Returninc
to his home Sept /, ne assisted in raisino
troops, and Sept 13 the T~hirty-frst regi-
ment of Illinois infantry was organized with
Logan commissioned as colonel The first
engagement in which he and his comman
participated was the battle of Belmont.in No
vember of the same year, when his ability as
a commander. and his dash and intrepidity.
foreshatowed 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 a severe wound
and did not rejoin his command until some
weeks ~afterward, on the evening of the last
day of the battle of Shiloh. On March 8.
LCO@1 hC 90 SllaOC pAlR uulCI RGuGIaI. An0
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 his official re-
port
When the attempt to take yicksburg be-
gan in the fall of 1862 Gen. Logan was in
command of the First division of the right
uipr, Df tho Tbirfaanfh ooro ~ a. -
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 DO.
sition he remained until the fall of Vicks-
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-
dered, Gen. Logan with his command was
actively engaged, and it was through a mum.
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
rel Pemberton looking TO the terms of the
surrender, and in consideration of his adj
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ordered to take the lead in the march into
Vicksburg, July 4, after which he was given
the command of that post, which he re-
tanned until placed in of the Eff
teenth corps, Nov. IA, 1858.
During the latter part of December and
January Gen. Logan organized an expedition
into Northern Alabama In tho Atlanta cam
paign his corps was a part of McPherson's
0ofnp1 and which no Con Eharpn a ~ enid Nyau
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-
lions 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 holly contested light,
in which Logan's command was equal
ly 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 a fortified position within a
mile and a half of Jonesboro, fought a 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, wadinS
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 1t
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 10
congress as q Republican from the state at
large in Illinois by a majority of 55,9S7, ana
in the Fortleth congress was one OF the
managers of the impeachment of President
johnson. In the next. the Forty-hrst con-
gress, Logan began to make bis mark il
various kinds of Legislative work. In 1871
Logan was elected by che Illinois Legislature
to the United States senate to succeed kicn-
ard Yates. After serving his term he was
defeated by the Independents who united
upon the Hon. David Davis as his successor,