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6 of the Tennessee in the fight at Resaea, repulsed Hardee's veterans at Dallas, and drove the enemy from his line of works at KeneSaw Mountain. Gen. Sherman says in his report of the battle of Atlanta, speaking of Gen. McPherson's death: " Gen. Logan succeeded him and commanded the Army of the Tennessee through this desperate bat- tle with the same success and ability that had characterized him in the command of a corps or division." In fact it was mainly his skill and de- termination that saved Sherman's army from a serious disaster during that engagement. After the fall of Atlanta, 1 Sept., 1864, he went home and took an active part in the presidential cam- paign of that year. He rejoined his ti'oops, who had accompanied Gen. Sherman in his famous " march to the sea," at Savannah, and remained in active service with Sherman's army till the sur- render of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, 26 April, 1865. On 23 May he was appointed to the command of the Army' of the Tennessee; but, as soon as active service in the field was over, he resigned his com- mission, saying that he did not wish to draw pay when not on active duty. He was appointed min- ister to Mexico by President Johnson, but de- clined. In 1866 he was elected a representative from Illinois to the 40th congress as a Republican, and served as one of the managers in the impeach- ment trial of President Johnson. He was re- elected to the 41st congress, and did good service as chairman of the committee on military affairs in securing the passage of an act for the reduction of the army. He was re-elected to the 42d con- gress, but before that body convened he was chosen by the Illinois legislature U. S. senator for the term beginning 4 March, 1871. He succeeded Vice-President Wilson as chairman of the senate committee on military affairs at the beginning of the third session of the 42d congress, 2 Dec. 1872. After the expiration of his term of service, 3 March, 1877, he resumed the practice of law in Chicago. He was again returned to the U. S. senate, and took his seat on the convening of ("hat body in ex- tra session, 18 March, 1879. Both in the house and senate he maintained his reputation for brill- iancy and success. While a representative his more important speeches were "'On Reconstruction,'' 12 July, 1867; "On the Impeachment of President Johnson," 22 Feb., 1868 ; •' Principles of the Demo- cratic Party," 16 July, 1868 ; and " Removing the Capitol," 22 Jan., 1870. In the senate he spoke in " Vindication of President Grant against the At- tack of Charles Sumner," 3 June, 1872 ; in reply to Senator Gordon on the " Ku-klux in Louisiana," 13 Jan., 1875 ; " On the Equalization of Bounties of Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines of the late War for the Union," 2 March, 1875 ; and " On the Pow- er of the Government to enforce the United States Laws," 28 June, 1879. On 6 June, 1880, he deliv- ered an able speech on the Fitz-John Porter case, maintaining, as he always had done, that Gen. Porter had been justly condemned and should not be restored to his rank in the army. At the Re- publican national convention in Chicago in June, 1884, on the first ballot for a candidate for presi- dent. Gen. Logan received 63i votes against 334^ for James G. Blaine, 278 for Chester A. Arthur, and 93 for George F. Edmunds. After the subse- quent nomination of Mr. Blaine, Gen. Logan was nominated for vice-president. W^hen Gen. Logan's sudden death was announced to him, James G. Blaine thus briefly summarized his character : " Gen. Logan was a man of immense force in a legislative body. His will was unbending, his courage, both moral and physical, was of the high- est order. I never knew a more fearless man. He did not quail before public opinion when he had once made up his mind any more than he did be- fore the guns of the enemy when he headed a charge of his enthusiastic troops. In debate he was aggressive and effective. ... I have had occa- sion to say before, and I now repeat, that, while there have been more illustrious military leaders in the United States and more illustrious " leaders in legislative halls, there has, I think, been no man in this country who has combined the two careers in so eminent a degree as Gen. Logan." His per- sonal appearance was striking. He was of medium height, with a robust physical development, a broad and deep chest, massive body, and small hands and feet. He had fine and regular feat- ures, a swarthy complexion, long jet-black hair, a heavy moustache and dark eyes. Gen. Logan pub- lished " The Great Conspiracv," a large volume re- lating to the civil war (New York, 1886), and " The Volunteer Soldier of America " (Chicago, 1887). See " Life and Services of John A. Logan," by George Francis Dawson (Chicago, 1887).— His wife, Mary Simmerson Cunningham, daughter of John M. Cunningham, b. in Petersburg, Boone co.. Mo., 15 Aug., 1838, lived amid the hardships of frontier life, and was subsequently sent to the Con- vent of St. Vincent in Kentucky. On leaving that institution she assisted in preparing the papers that were needed by her father, who, on his re- turn from the Black Hawk and Mexican wars, had been elected sheriff and county clerk of Will- iamson county, and appointed register of the land office at Shawneetown, Gallatin co., Ill., by Presi- dent Pierce. Blank forms for any legal docu- ments were then rare, and Miss Cunningham, through her industry in her father's case, supplied the deficiency. While thus engaged she met Gen. Logan, who was at that time prosecuting attorney. She was married, 27 Nov., 1855, and was identified with her husband's career, becoming his best ad- viser in the gravest crises of political and civil life.

LOGAN, John Henry, b. in Abbeville district, S. C., 5 Nov., 1822 ; d. in Atlanta, Ga., 28 March, 1885. He was graduated at South Carolina college in 1844, and at Charleston medical college a few years later. After practising for some time and teaching at Abbeville, S. C, he served as a surgeon in a Confederate regiment, and at its con- clusion removed to Talladega county, Ala. He subsequently became professor of chemistry in the Atlanta, Ga., medical college. Dr. Logan is the author of a " History of the Upper Country of South Carolina " (vol. i., Charleston, 1859). only the first volume of which was finished, and the " Student's Manual of Chemico-Physics " (Atlanta, 1879).

LOGAN, John Wesley, bishop of the Zion M. E. church, b. in North Carolina about 1810 ; d. in Syracuse, N. Y., 23 Sept., 1872. He was a slave until the age of twenty, when he ran away to Can- ada. In the anti-slavery days he was a zealous and active agent, with Gerrit Smith, Lewis Tappan, Putnam, Wright, and others, in the " Underground railroad." He settled in Syracuse in 1847, where he became a minister of the Zion Methodist Epis- copal church, and ultimately a bishop.

LOGAN, Stephen Trigg. jurist, b. in Franklin county, Ky., 24 Feb., 1800; d. in Springfield, Ill., 17 July, 1880. He was educated at Frankfort, Ky., and when only thirteen years of age was employed as a clerk in the office of the secretary of state. He went to Glasgow, Ky.. in 1817, studied law. and was admitted to the bar Ijefore he was twenty one, but did not at once engage in practice. Subsequently he was appointed commonwealth's attor-