The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-07-24
Description G. the logan Mon
ument.

The noble equestrian ,tiitue, which is
conceded to be St. Gaiidens' master
piece, is the largest of its kind III this
country.
The moment at which the statue rep
rcsents Logan was one of the most try
Ing IF his life The battle of Atlanta
vac 1t its height. The army of the
Cumberland and the army of the Tenn
essee, strung out for a space by the
fierce fighting of the Confederates.
General Mcpherson, in command of
the army of the Tennessee, had been
fianked as completely by the Confed-
crate forces as he himself had turned
the lines Of the gray a short time before
at Resaca. The First Division was in
uncertainty and disorder. Then Gen
eral Mcpherson riding at speed down
a road which a few moments before had
been cleared of the enemy, to rejoin lis
command, came full upon the Confed
crate line and fell} MORALLY wounded.
The leadership of the confused and al
most broken lire had unexpectedly
fallen upon Logan.
With the battle flag in his hand,
among the flying bnllets of the enemy,
he rode down the line. The men loyed
Logan. Under the influence of his
voice and presence they rallied, re-
formed, and advanced in a vigorous
countercharge upon the enemy. 1t is
the Logan of this moment that the
statue represents. On the big black
horse, with the torn battle flag in his
hand, with stern determination and
self-forgetful courage in his face, he is
rallying his disordcred ranks. The an
niversary of the day upon which the
event occurred was select 4 Dy Mrs.
Logan as the date Of the dedication Of
the statue and Logan day in Chicago.
The statue is of heroic size ard is the
largest equestrian statue in America,
and the only equestrian work ever de-
signed by st. Gaudens. From the base
to the top Of the horses wthers is II
feet > inches, and to the top of Logan's
head ID feet II inches, The body of
the horse alone weighs 5,l26 pounds.
The flag. which no man could lit,
weighs $1,000 pounds, the entire statue
weighing 1920 pounds.
It's mounted on base rising 81 feet
above the level of Michigan avenue.
| First is mound of 10 feet above the
street level. Through the center of this
the foundation of brick was sunk. With
in this brick structure is the crypt for
| the reception of the remains of Gen.
| Logan. The act of Assembly provides
that the body of Mrs. Logan shall be
laid beside him after her death.
The lower course of the base, laid on
! the brick Foundation, is of granite, oval
| in form, 81 feet and - inches on the
east and west axis, and q feet north
and south. The first course of the base
proper rises two feet higher within the
oval, the intervening space filed With
concrete. Then two feet higher still
rises the second course, 90 feet and 9
inches on the east and west axis and Is
feet and 1la inches north and south.
|
Tie approach leading up to the mon
ument from Michigan avenue bya series
of steps and terraces is 96 feet long. All
these preliminaries are finished.
The monument is opposite Eldredge
Michigan avenue
The site originally picked out by Mrs.
| Logan for the monument was in Jack
son Park, on the ground later occupied
| by the Art Building Of the Worlds Fair,
and now made impossible by the pres
crvation of that building as the Field
museum. In its stead, and rather than
any other location in Jackson Park, a
place on the lake front was chosen. For
many reasons the situation is consid-
cred more desirable than that at Jack
son Park.
! The monument will have cost alto
gether, with the expense of erection
and unwilling, about $4,000. OF this
amount the state appropriated $50 600,
the South Park board 900 for the
base of the statue, while the remainder
was raised by public subscription.