in Congress in July, 1861, for that purpose,
and took a brave part in the first battle of Bull Run. He personally
raised the Thirty-first Illinois Regiment of Infantry, and was elected
its colonel. The regiment was mustered into service on September 13th,
1861, was attached to General M'Clernand's brigade, and seven weeks
later was under a hot fire at Belmont. During this fight Logan had a
horse shot from under him, and was conspicuous in his gallantry in a
fierce bayonet charge which he personally led. The Thirty-first, under
Logan, quickly became known as a fighting regiment, and distinguished
itself at the capture of Forts Henry and Donelson. In this last
engagement Logan was severely wounded, and for many weeks unfitted for
duty. During his confinement in the hospital his brave wife, with great
tact and energy, got through the lines to his bedside, and nursed him
until he was able to take the field once more.

"Logan was promoted to the rank of Brigadier-General of Volunteers soon
after reporting for duty. This was in March, 1862, and he was soon after
hotly engaged in Grant's Mississippi campaign. In the following year he
was asked to return home and go to congress again, but declined with an
emphatic statement that he was in the war to stay until he was either
disabled or peace was established. Eight months after his promotion to
the rank of Brigadier-General he was made a Major-General for
exceptional bravery and skill, and was put in command of the Third
Division of the Seventeenth Army Corps, under General M'Pherson. After
passing through the hot fights of Raymond and Port Gibson, he led the
center of General M'Pherson's command at the siege of Vicksburg, and his
column was the first to enter the city after the surrender. He was made
the Military Governor of the captured city, and his popularity with the
Seventeenth Corps was so great that a gold medal was given to him as a
testimonial of the attachment felt for him by the men he led.

"In the following year he led the Army of the Tennessee on the right of
Sherman's great march to the sea. He was in the battles of Resaca and
the Little Kenesaw Mountain, and in the desperate engagement of Peach
Tree Creek where General M'Pherson fell. The death of M'Pherson threw
the command upon Logan, and the close of the bitter engagement which
ensued saw 8,000 dead Confederates on the field, while the havoc in the
Union lines had been correspondingly great.

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