John Alexander Logan (February 9, 1826 – December 26, 1886) was an

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soldier and politician. He served in the

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and was a

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in the

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in the

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. He served the state of

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as a

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, a

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, and a

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and was an unsuccessful candidate for

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with James G. Blaine in the election of 1884. As the 3rd Commander-in-Chief of the

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, he is regarded as the most important figure in the movement to recognize

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(originally known as Decoration Day) as an official holiday. His likeness appears on a statue at the center of Logan Circle, Washington, D.C. He is also honored with a statue in Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois. Memorial Park in Houston, Texas was formerly Camp Logan named after him. He is the honoree of

Logan County, Kansas Logan County (standard abbreviation: LG) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 2,762. The largest city and county seat is Oakley. The county was named for Gen. John A. Logan. One o ...

;

Logan County, Oklahoma Logan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 41,848. Its county seat is Guthrie. Logan County is part of the Oklahoma City, OK Metropolitan Statistical Area. Guthrie served as the c ...

;

Logan County, Colorado Logan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,528. The county seat is Sterling. The county was named for General John A. Logan. Logan County comprises the Sterling, CO Micropolit ...

;

Logan County, North Dakota Logan County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,876. Its county seat is Napoleon. History The Dakota Territory legislature created the county on January 4, 1873. It was named for John A. ...

; and

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, which is the neighborhood chosen to

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Illinois' centennial. Logan is one of only three people mentioned by name in the Illinois state song. Upon his death, he lay in state in the

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. He is the father of U.S. Army officer and

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recipient

John Alexander Logan Jr. John Alexander Logan Jr., born Manning Alexander Logan (July 24, 1865 – November 11, 1899), was a United States Army Officer (armed forces), officer who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for actions during the Philippine–American War. ...

(1865–1899).

Early life and political career

John A. Logan was born near what is now

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, the son of Dr. John Logan and Dr. Logan's second wife, Elizabeth (Jenkins) Logan. He studied with his father and with a private tutor, then studied for three years at

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. He enlisted in the 1st Illinois Infantry for the

, and received a commission as a

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and assignment as the regimental quartermaster. After the war Logan studied law in the office of his uncle, Alexander M. Jenkins, graduated from the Law Department of the

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in 1851, and practiced law with success. John A. Logan entered

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as a

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, was elected county clerk in 1849, served in the

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from 1853 to 1854 and in 1857; and for a time, during the interval, was prosecuting attorney of the Third Judicial District of Illinois. In 1858 and 1860, he was elected as a Democrat to the

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. In 1853, John A. Logan helped pass a law to prohibit all African Americans, including freedmen, from settling in the state.

Civil War

U.S. Representative Logan fought at Bull Run as an unattached volunteer in a

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regiment, and then returned to

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where, before he resigned his congressional seat on April 2, 1862, he entered the Union Army as

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of the

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, which he organized. He was known by his soldiers as "Black Jack" because of his black eyes and hair and swarthy complexion, and was regarded as one of the most able officers to enter the army from civilian life. In a time when

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s usually performed poorly in battle, Logan was an exception. Before resigning his seat, Union Army Colonel Logan served in the army of

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in the Western Theater and was present at the

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on November 7, 1861, where his horse was killed, and at

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, where he was wounded on February 15, 1862. Soon after the victory at Donelson, he resigned his seat on April 2, 1862 and was promoted to brigadier general in the volunteers, as of March 21, 1862. Major

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served as his chief of staff. To confuse matters, the 32nd Illinois was commanded at Shiloh by a different Colonel John Logan. During the

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, John A. Logan commanded first a

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and then the 1st

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of the

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. In the spring of 1863, he was promoted to

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to rank from November 29, 1862. In Grant's

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, Logan commanded the 3rd Division of

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's XVII Corps, which was the first to enter the city of

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in July 1863 after its capture. Logan then served as the city's military governor. In November 1863 he succeeded

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in command of the

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; and at the

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(July 22, 1864), after the death of James B. McPherson during the day, he assumed command of the

. He was relieved a short time afterward by Oliver O. Howard. He returned to Illinois for the 1864 elections but rejoined the army afterward and commanded his XV corps in Sherman's

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. In December 1864, Grant became impatient with George H. Thomas's apparent unwillingness to attack immediately at

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and sent Logan to relieve him. Logan was stopped in

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when news came that Thomas had completely smashed

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army in the

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. Logan had been disappointed when Howard was given permanent command of the Army of the Tennessee after McPherson's death, and Sherman arranged for Logan to lead the army during the May 1865 Grand Review in Washington.

Post-war political career

After the war, Logan resumed his political career, now as a

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, and was a member of the

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from 1867 to 1871, and of the

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from 1871 until 1877 and again from 1879 until his death in 1886. His re-election bid in 1885 was contentious, and Logan only won after a Democratic representative died and was replaced with a Republican. After the war, Logan, who had always been a staunch partisan, was identified with the radical wing of the Republican Party. His forceful, passionate speaking, popular on the platform, was less effective in the halls of legislation. In 1868, he was one of the

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in the impeachment trial of U.S. President Andrew Johnson. One of Logan's issues in the Senate was his efforts to stop any action taken to overturn the conviction in the court-martial of Maj. Gen.

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He was the second Commander-in-Chief of the

from 1868 to 1871 and helped lead the call for creation of

, originally called Decoration Day, as a national public holiday. His war record and his great personal following, especially among members of the

, contributed to his nomination for

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in 1884 on the ticket with James G. Blaine, but they were not elected. Logan was also a member of the

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- a military society which was composed of officers who had served in the Union armed forces during the American Civil War. John A

Logan showed signs of illness when the

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opened its first official session on December 7, 1886. By mid-December, Logan's arms swelled and his lower limbs were in pain. After several days of intense discomfort, the ailment subsided. He relapsed a few days later and eventually struggled to maintain consciousness. On December 24, Logan's doctors conceded that the condition might be fatal. Around three o'clock in the afternoon on December 26, Logan died at his home in Columbia Heights,

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After his death, Logan's body lay in state in the

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. He was buried at the

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in Washington. Logan was the author of two books on the Civil War. In ''The Great Conspiracy: Its Origin and History'' (1886), he sought to demonstrate that secession and the Civil War were the result of a long-contemplated "conspiracy" to which various Southern politicians had been party since the Nullification Crisis; he also vindicated the pre-war political positions of

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and himself.John A. Logan (1886). ''The Great Conspiracy: Its Origin and History.'' He also wrote ''The Volunteer Soldier of America'' (1887). His son,

, was also an army officer and posthumously received the

for actions during the

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. His brother-in-law, Cyrus Thomas, participated in the

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Family

Logan was related to

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(1806–1853), the Irish-American actor and playwright, possibly as a first cousin. John Logan adopted Cornelius' daughter Kate (1847–1872), probably in 1866. Cornelius' son

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, a physician and diplomat, wrote a memoir of John Logan which was included in his ''The Volunteer Soldier of America''.

Legacy

The

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commissioned an

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of the general that now stands in Chicago's Grant Park. Another equestrian statue stands in Logan Circle in

, which gives its name to the surrounding neighborhood.

and Logan Boulevard in Chicago are named after him, as well as Logan Avenue and the neighborhood of Logan Heights (aka Barrio Logan) in

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, and the community of

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. His hometown,

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, is home to the General John A Logan Museum, as well as the General John A. Logan Elementary School; and, in nearby

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, there is the

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, an

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base and

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from 1892 to the early 1970s, was also named for him. John A. Logan Elementary School in Washington, DC is also named in his honor. Logan is one of only three individuals mentioned by name in the Illinois state song: *

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, was named after Logan's father, Dr. John Logan, an early pioneer physician. However,

was named after General Logan. * Logan was at one time honored with the naming of a street in

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. Community activists persuaded the city council to co-rename the street as Martin Luther King Boulevard in 1991. Logan's name was dropped completely a few years later. See Capitol Loop#Street name changes *

, is named in his honor. The city of Guthrie is the

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. *

, is named in his honor. The city of Sterling is the county seat. *

, is named in his honor. The city of

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is the county seat. *

John A. Logan College John A. Logan College is a public community college in Carterville, Illinois. It is part of the Illinois Community College System. As of 2016, it had a total enrollment of 4,424 students: 1,990 full- and 2,434 part-time.Carterville, Illinois Carterville is a city in Williamson County, Illinois, United States. At the 2020 census, the city's population was 5,848. The city is part of the Carbondale-Marion combined statistical area and has grown considerably as a residential community o ...

is named in his honor. * Logan Junior High School in

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is named in his honor. * Logan High School in

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is named in his honor. * The Logan House in

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is the oldest Irish Pub in the state and named in his honor. * Ft. Logan National Cemetery established 1887 in Denver, Colorado is name after him. * Logan's final resting place at the U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery is a granite, Norman-style mausoleum, design by the former supervising architect of the U.S. Treasury Department, Alfred B. Mullett, which houses the remains of General John A. Logan; his wife, Mary S. Logan; daughter, Mary Logan Tucker; and grandsons, Captain Logan Tucker and George E. Tucker.

Publications about Logan

Notes

References

* Cottingham, Carl D., Preston Michael Jones, and Gary W. Kent, ''General John A. Logan: His Life and Times'', American Resources Group, 1989, . * Eicher, John H., and

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, ''Civil War High Commands'', Stanford University Press, 2001, . * Jones, James Pickett. ''John A. Logan and Southern Illinois in the Civil War Era''. 1967. . * Logan, Mrs. John A., ''Reminiscences of a Soldier's Wife'', Kessinger, 2007, . * Warner, Ezra J., ''Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders'', Louisiana State University Press, 1964, . * *

External links

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