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He came out of the war with the highest military honors of the
volunteer soldier. Brilliant in battle and strong in military council,
his was also the true American spirit, for when the war was ended he
was quick and eager to return to the peaceful pursuits of civil life.

General Logan's love and devotion to us only ended with his life, and at
one of our reunions he characterized our work thus:

The Army of the Tennessee was not limited in its scope; the theater of
its operations and the extent of its marches, comprehending within
their bounds an area greater than Greece and Macedonia in their
palmiest days, and greater than most of the leading kingdoms of Europe
at the present day, reached from the Missouri River on the north
nearly to the Gulf of Mexico on the south, and from the Red River of
Louisiana to the Atlantic Ocean.

The friendship and loyalty of Sherman to Grant was the first great cause
of the success of both, and for the harmony that existed in the Army of
the Tennessee. Sherman fell under the command of Grant at Paducah, in the
spring of 1862, holding a small command. He was the ideal soldier, as he
dropped from a Department and Army commander to that of a post, and later
a Division, without a murmur. Sherman's first words to Grant, on February
15, 1862, were these:

I should like to hear from you, and will do everything in my power to
hurry forward to you reinforcements and supplies, and if I could be of
service myself would gladly come without making any question of rank
with you or General Smith, whose commissions are of the same date.

On the same date he wrote again:

Command me in any way. I feel anxious about you, as I know the great
facilities they [the enemy] have of concentration, by means of the
river and railroads, but have faith in you.

The monument to our old commander, General Sherman, is nearly complete. It
is upon these grounds we expect to unveil it next October, and, as
President of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, and as President of
the Commission which has in charge the erection of the monument, I give
you a cordial invitation to be present. You will receive due notice, and
proper arrangements will be made for the occasion, and you will meet here
your comrades of the Armies of the Cumberland, the Potomac, and the Ohio,
who have already signified their intention of being present to honor the