Logan, John Alexander, 1826-1886

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John A. Logan was born near what is now Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois, 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 Shiloh College. He enlisted in the 1st Illinois Infantry for the Mexican–American War, and received a commission as a second lieutenant 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 University of Louisville in 1851, and practiced law with success.

John A. Logan entered politics as a Douglas Democrat, was elected county clerk in 1849, served in the Illinois House of Representatives 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 U.S. House of Representatives. In 1853, John A. Logan helped pass a law to prohibit all African Americans, including freedmen, from settling in the state.

U.S. Representative Logan fought at Bull Run as an unattached volunteer in a Michigan regiment, and then returned to Washington where, before he resigned his congressional seat on April 2, 1862, he entered the Union Army as Colonel of the 31st Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, which he organized. He was known by his soldiers as "Black Jack"[3] 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 political generals usually performed poorly in battle, Logan was an exception.

Before resigning his seat, Union Army Colonel Logan served in the army of Ulysses S. Grant in the Western Theater and was present at the Battle of Belmont on November 7, 1861, where his horse was killed, and at Fort Donelson, 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 John Hotaling served as his chief of staff. To confuse matters, the 32nd Illinois was commanded at Shiloh by a different Colonel John Logan. During the Siege of Corinth, John A. Logan commanded first a brigade and then the 1st Division of the Army of the Tennessee. In the spring of 1863, he was promoted to major general to rank from November 29, 1862.

In Grant's Vicksburg Campaign, Logan commanded the 3rd Division of James B. McPherson's XVII Corps, which was the first to enter the city of Vicksburg in July 1863 after its capture. Logan then served as the city's military governor. In November 1863 he succeeded William Tecumseh Sherman in command of the XV Corps; and at the Battle of Atlanta (July 22, 1864), after the death of James B. McPherson during the day, he assumed command of the Army of the Tennessee. 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 Carolinas Campaign.

In December 1864, Grant became impatient with George H. Thomas's apparent unwillingness to attack immediately at Nashville and sent Logan to relieve him. Logan was stopped in Louisville when news came that Thomas had completely smashed John Bell Hood's Confederate army in the Battle of Nashville.

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.

After the war, Logan resumed his political career, now as a Republican, and was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1867 to 1871, and of the United States Senate 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 managers 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. Fitz John Porter.

He was the second Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic from 1868 to 1871 and helped lead the call for creation of Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, as a national public holiday. His war record and his great personal following, especially among members of the Grand Army of the Republic, contributed to his nomination for Vice President in 1884 on the ticket with James G. Blaine, but they were not elected.

Logan was also a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States - a military society which was composed of officers who had served in the Union armed forces during the American Civil War.

Logan showed signs of illness when the 49th United States Congress 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 doctor's conceded that the condition may be fatal. Around three o'clock in the afternoon on December 26, Logan died at his home in Columbia Heights, Washington, D.C. After his death, Logan's body lay in state in the United States Capitol. He was buried at United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery. 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 Stephen A. Douglas and himself. He also wrote The Volunteer Soldier of America (1887). His son, John Alexander Logan Jr., was also an army officer and posthumously received the Medal of Honor for actions during the Philippine–American War. His brother-in-law, Cyrus Thomas, participated in the Hayden Geological Survey of 1871.

Logan was related to Cornelius Ambrosius Logan (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 Cornelius Ambrose Logan, a physician and diplomat, wrote a memoir of John Logan which was included in his The Volunteer Soldier of America.

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contributorOf Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Letters Received, 1805 - 1889 File Unit: 1876 - File No. 4233 (Logan, John A - District of Columbia) National Archives at Washington, D.C
contributorOf Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Letters Received, 1805 - 1889 File Unit: 1862 - Logan, John A - File No. L459 National Archives at Washington, D.C
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contributorOf Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Letters Received, 1805 - 1889 File Unit: 1881 - File No. 4798 - Logan, John A - Illinois National Archives at Washington, D.C
referencedIn Robb, Thomas Patton, 1819-1895. Collection, 1862-1895. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
creatorOf Logan, John Alexander, 1826-1886. Autograph note signed, 1874 May 8. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Logan, John Alexander, 1826-1886. Papers, 1848-1885, 1932. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
creatorOf King, William H., 1817-1892. Letterpress books, 1882-1884, 1890-1891. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
contributorOf Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Letters Received, 1863 - 1917 File Unit: Logan, John A - Tennessee - 1863 National Archives at Washington, D.C
referencedIn Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Massachusetts Civil War collection, 1724-1933 (inclusive); 1861-1912 (bulk). Houghton Library
contributorOf Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Letters Received, 1863 - 1917 File Unit: Logan, John A - State: District of Columbia - Year: 1870 National Archives at Washington, D.C
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contributorOf Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Letters Received, 1805 - 1889 File Unit: 1885 - File No. 7529 - Logan, John A National Archives at Washington, D.C
contributorOf Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Letters Received, 1805 - 1889 File Unit: 1886 - File No. 408 - Logan, John A - District of Columbia National Archives at Washington, D.C
contributorOf Bounty Land Application File for 2nd Lieutenant John A. Logan, Captain Hampton's Company H, 1st Illinois Infantry Regiment (50-160-14180) National Archives at Washington, D.C
contributorOf Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Letters Received, 1805 - 1889 File Unit: 1881 - File No. 6620 - Logan, John A National Archives at Washington, D.C
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creatorOf Haynie, Isham Nicholas, 1824-1868. Papers, 1848-1898. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
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contributorOf Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Letters Received, 1805 - 1889 File Unit: 1880 - File No. 818 (Logan, John A - District of Columbia) National Archives at Washington, D.C
referencedIn Gen. John A. Logan : notices of his life and death Scrapbook 1886-1887. Wisconsin historical society
contributorOf Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Letters Received, 1863 - 1917 File Unit: Consolidated Military Officer's File of John A Logan, District of Columbia, 1865 National Archives at Washington, D.C
contributorOf Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Letters Received, 1805 - 1889 File Unit: 1865 - Logan, John A - File No. L481 National Archives at Washington, D.C
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contributorOf Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Letters Received, 1863 - 1917 File Unit: Consolidated Military Officer's File of John A Logan, Kentucky, 1865 National Archives at Washington, D.C
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contributorOf Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Letters Received, 1805 - 1889 File Unit: 1865 - Logan, John A - File No. T428 National Archives at Washington, D.C
referencedIn Beale Family Papers from the Decatur House, 1794-1957 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Logan, John Alexander, 1826-1886. Papers, 1859-1907. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn Century Company records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Eccles, Joseph T., 1807-fl. 1880. Papers, 1859-1871. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
creatorOf Logan, John Alexander, 1826-1886. Letter signed : Washington, D.C., to J.M. Dalzell, 1884 June 11. Pierpont Morgan Library.
contributorOf Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Letters Received, 1863 - 1917 File Unit: Logan, John A - State: District of Columbia - Year: 1870 National Archives at Washington, D.C
creatorOf Cary, Joseph M. Civil War collection of records, 1861-1865 and n.d. Alabama Department of Archives and History
referencedIn McPherson, James Birdseye, 1828-1864. Correspondence, 1862-1863. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Indexes to the Carded Records of Soldiers Who Served in Volunteer Organizations During the Civil War, 1899 - 1927 File Unit: Logan, John A - Unit: 31st Infantry, Company: F&S - Enlistment Rank: Col, Discharge Rank: Col National Archives at Washington, D.C
creatorOf Logan, John Alexander, 1826-1886. Papers, 1863-1900. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
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referencedIn Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893. Papers, 1777-1945, (bulk: 1870-1892) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Woollard, James B. (James Ball), 1804-1887. Papers, 1774-1927. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
contributorOf Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Letters Received, 1863 - 1917 File Unit: Consolidated Military Officer's File of John A Logan, South Carolina, 1865 National Archives at Washington, D.C
creatorOf Hay, John, 1838-1905. Correspondence, 1854-1914, "Lincoln" to "Ludington". Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
referencedIn Foster, Herbert Sidney, 1853-1932. Cadet notebooks, 1874-1875. United States Military Academy, USMA Library
contributorOf Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Letters Received, 1805 - 1889 File Unit: 1886 - File No. 1998 - Logan, John A - District of Columbia National Archives at Washington, D.C
referencedIn Tuthill, R. S. Recollections of John A. Logan, ca. 1884. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Logan, John Alexander, 1826-1886. Autograph letter signed : [n.p.] to the President, [18]79 Aug. 16. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Burt, R. W. General Logan and the 15th Army Corps, ca. 1865. Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society
referencedIn Snyder family. Washington Irving Snyder collection, 1862-1898. William L. Clements Library
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contributorOf Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Letters Received, 1805 - 1889 File Unit: 1869 - Logan, John A - File No. L101 National Archives at Washington, D.C
contributorOf Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Letters Received, 1805 - 1889 File Unit: 1864 - Logan, John A - File No. P1284 National Archives at Washington, D.C
referencedIn Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Indexes to the Carded Records of Soldiers Who Served in Volunteer Organizations During the Mexican War, 1899 - 1927 File Unit: Logan, John A - State: Illinois - Regiment: 1 Illinois Infantry (Newby's), Company H - Enlistment Rank: 2 Lt - Discharge Rank: 2 Lt National Archives at Washington, D.C
referencedIn Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part III: The Civil War: The Union, 1804-1915. Houghton Library
referencedIn Childs, George William, 1829-1894. George William Childs papers [manuscript], 1882-1892. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Wallace, Emma, fl. 1870. Photograph album of Emma Wallace [manuscript], ca. 1870. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Allen, John W. (John Willis), 1887-1969. John W. Allen papers and photographs, 1940-1969. Southern Illinois University, Morris Library
creatorOf United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 32nd (1861-1865). Consolidated provision return: Fort Henry, Tenn., 1862 March 1-5. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
creatorOf Logan, John Alexander, 1826-1886. Letter, May 9, 1861. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn Kelly, Katharine Barrett,. Local history documents and ephemera, 1807-1968. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
referencedIn Samuel Henshaw letters from various correspondents, 1849-1937 and undated. Houghton Library
creatorOf John Alexander Logan papers, 1863-1939 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
contributorOf Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Letters Received, 1805 - 1889 File Unit: 1885 - File No. 6742 - Logan, John A National Archives at Washington, D.C
creatorOf Logan, John Alexander, 1826-1886. John Alexander Logan papers, 1863-1939 (inclusive). Yale University Library
referencedIn William L. Hamburger prints collection [manuscript], 1928-1940. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Hammond, John Henry, 1833-1890. Hammond, John Henry, 1833-1890 1860-1890 Papers. The Filson Historical Society
referencedIn Logan, John A., Mrs., 1838-1923. Letter : Washington, D.C., to A.C. Sweetsen, n.p., 1888 Feb. 27. University of Chicago Library
referencedIn McCrary, George Washington, 1835-1890. George W. McCrary collection, 1824-1936. University of Oslo Medical Library
referencedIn Carrington family. Papers: Lunenburg and Charlotte counties, Virginia, 1756-1843. Library of Virginia
contributorOf Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Letters Received, 1805 - 1889 File Unit: 1885 - File No. 382 - Logan, John A - New York National Archives at Washington, D.C
creatorOf John Alexander Logan Family Papers, 1836-1925, (bulk 1860-1917) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Logan, John Alexander, 1826-1886. Autograph letter signed : U.S. Senate Chamber, Washington, to J.M. Dalzell, 1882 Mar. 5. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Ranch Cibolla Cattle Company. Letter, ca. 1884. Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum
referencedIn Platt, Orville Hitchcock, 1827-1905. Letter, 1888 April 21, Washington, D.C. Connecticut Historical Society
referencedIn Logan, John A., Mrs., 1838-1923. Letter : Washington, D.C., to A.C. Sweetsen, n.p., 1888 Feb. 27. Texas Christian University
contributorOf Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Letters Received, 1805 - 1889 File Unit: 1865 - Logan, John A - File No. T576 National Archives at Washington, D.C
creatorOf Logan, John Alexander, 1826-1886. Letter, 1878. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Young Men's Republican and Independent Club (Boston, Mass.). Young Men's Republican and Independent Club records, 1884. Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn U.S. History mss., 1612-1977 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
contributorOf Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Letters Received, 1805 - 1889 File Unit: 1884 - File No. 817 - Logan, John A - New York National Archives at Washington, D.C
referencedIn Logan, John A., Mrs., 1838-1923. Letters, 1884, 1890, 1894. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
contributorOf Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Letters Received, 1805 - 1889 File Unit: 1884 - File No. 3 - Logan, John A National Archives at Washington, D.C
contributorOf Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Letters Received, 1805 - 1889 File Unit: 1872 - File No. 5211 (Logan, John H - Illinois) National Archives at Washington, D.C
contributorOf Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Letters Received, 1805 - 1889 File Unit: 1885 - File No. 6752 - Logan, John A - New York National Archives at Washington, D.C
creatorOf Haynie, Isham Nicholas, 1824-1868. Papers [microform], 1848-1898. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn Brush, Daniel Harmon, 1813-1890. Papers, 1813-1890. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn Fuller, B. A. G., 1879-1956. Autograph collection, 1620-1920 Houghton Library
contributorOf Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Letters Received, 1863 - 1917 File Unit: Consolidated Military Officer's File of John A Logan, District of Columbia, 1865 National Archives at Washington, D.C
referencedIn Compiled Military Service Record of Colonel John A. Logan, 31st Illinois Infantry Regiment National Archives at Washington, D.C
referencedIn McCrary, George Washington, 1835-1890. George Washington McCrary collection, 1824-1936. Rutherford B Hayes Presidential Center, Hayes Presidential Center
creatorOf Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885. Telegram: Burlington, [N.J.], to [John A.] Logan, Louisville, Ky., [1864] Dec. 17. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn Approved Pension File for Mary S. Logan, Widow of Colonel John A. Logan, 31st Illinois Infantry Regiment (WC-242791) National Archives at Washington, D.C
contributorOf Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Letters Received, 1863 - 1917 File Unit: John A, Logan - State: District of Columbia - Year: 1868 National Archives at Washington, D.C
creatorOf Logan, John Alexander, 1826-1886. Letter : Washington, D.C., to J.G. Cremer, n.p., 1885 June 9. Texas Christian University
creatorOf Logan, John Alexander, 1826-1886. Autograph letter signed : [n.p.] to an unidentified general, 1872 Aug. 31. Pierpont Morgan Library.
contributorOf Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Letters Received, 1805 - 1889 File Unit: 1882 - File No. 33 - Logan, Jno A - District of Columbia National Archives at Washington, D.C
referencedIn Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part III: The Civil War: The Union, 1804-1915. Houghton Library
referencedIn Wilson, Robert, 1838-1924. Robert Wilson papers, 1865 Mar. 1 and 1886 Sept. 13. University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
contributorOf Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Letters Received, 1805 - 1889 File Unit: 1881 - File No. 4797 - Logan, John A - Illinois National Archives at Washington, D.C
contributorOf Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Letters Received, 1805 - 1889 File Unit: 1881 - File No. 6739 - Logan, John A - Illinois National Archives at Washington, D.C
contributorOf Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Letters Received, 1805 - 1889 File Unit: 1869 - Logan, John A - File No. L73 National Archives at Washington, D.C
referencedIn Herman K. Crofoot Collection of Francis Elias Spinner Papers, 1792-1908, (bulk 1825-1891) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn McCrary, George Washington, 1835-1890. George W. McCrary collection, 1824-1936. Rutherford B Hayes Presidential Center, Hayes Presidential Center
contributorOf Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Letters Received, 1805 - 1889 File Unit: 1879 - File No. 3562 (Logan, John A - Illinois) National Archives at Washington, D.C
referencedIn Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1863-1879 Smithsonian Institution Archives
referencedIn Fairchild, Lucius, 1831-1896. Lucius Fairchild papers, 1819-1943. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Ulysses S. Grant Papers, 1819-1969, (bulk 1843-1885) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
contributorOf Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Letters Received, 1863 - 1917 File Unit: Consolidated Military Officer's File of John A Logan, Georgia, 1864 National Archives at Washington, D.C
referencedIn Alabama. Governor (1821-1825 : Pickens). Reward files, 1821-1824. Alabama Department of Archives and History
referencedIn Grand Army of the Republic. Dept. of Illinois. Grand Army of the Republic, Dept. of Illinois records, 1873-1944. Chicago History Museum
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creatorOf Lincoln Guard of Honor. Records, 1880-1918. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn Washington Irving Snyder collection 1862-1898 Snyder, Washington Irving collection William L. Clements Library
referencedIn Philip Case Lockwood memorial collection of Civil War portraits and autographs, 1862-ca. 1886. Houghton Library
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referencedIn Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1865-1891 Smithsonian Institution Archives
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contributorOf Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Letters Received, 1863 - 1917 File Unit: Logan, John A - Alabama - 1863 National Archives at Washington, D.C
creatorOf Paterson, William, 1745-1806. William Paterson papers, 1745-1883. New Jersey Historical Society Library
creatorOf Logan, John Alexander, 1826-1886. Letter, 1864 August 2, [near Atlanta, Ga.], to Col. Wm. E. Strong. Dartmouth College Library
creatorOf Logan, John Alexander, 1826-1886. Conclusion of a letter with his signature and those of fourteen others : [n.p.]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
contributorOf Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Letters Received, 1863 - 1917 File Unit: Logan, John A - Illinois - 1863 National Archives at Washington, D.C
contributorOf Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Letters Received, 1805 - 1889 File Unit: 1865 - Logan, John A - File No. T473 National Archives at Washington, D.C
contributorOf Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Letters Received, 1805 - 1889 File Unit: 1882 - File No. 3739 - Logan, John A National Archives at Washington, D.C
contributorOf Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Letters Received, 1863 - 1917 File Unit: Logan, John A - State: District of Columbia - Year: 1869 National Archives at Washington, D.C
creatorOf Logan, John Alexander, 1826-1886. Autograph letter signed : [n.p.] to [W.W. Belknap], 1870 Feb. 18. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Carded Records Relating to Civil War Staff Officers, 1890 - 1912 File Unit: Logan, John A. -- Major General National Archives at Washington, D.C
contributorOf Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Letters Received, 1805 - 1889 File Unit: 1869 - Logan, John A - File No. L119 National Archives at Washington, D.C
creatorOf Bickham, Charles G. [Bickham collection] 1728-1949 1860-1902. Dayton Metro Library
creatorOf Logan, John Alexander, 1826-1886. John Alexander Logan papers, 1863-1939 (inclusive). Yale University Library
creatorOf Logan, John Alexander, 1826-1886. Letter : to George H. Roberts, Hailey, Idaho, 1885. Idaho State Archives, Idaho State Historical Society
referencedIn Logan statue (Chicago) ceremonies : a scrapbook. Chicago History Museum
contributorOf Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Letters Received, 1863 - 1917 File Unit: Consolidated Military Officer's File of John A Logan, Alabama, 1864 National Archives at Washington, D.C
referencedIn Compiled Military Service Record of 2nd Lieutenant John A. Logan, Company H, 1st Illinois Infantry Regiment (Newby's) National Archives at Washington, D.C
referencedIn Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Letters Received, 1805 - 1889 File Unit: 1884 - File No. 3332 - Logan, John A - Illinois National Archives at Washington, D.C
creatorOf Logan, John. Papers, 1862, 1870. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn Hubbs, Barbara Burr, 1903-. Barbara Burr Hubbs research collection, 1847-1982 (bulk 1930-1939). Southern Illinois University, Morris Library
referencedIn Bickham Papers, 1728-1949, 1860-1902 Dayton Metro Library
creatorOf Logan, John Alexander, 1826-1886. John Alexander Logan letter, 1865 Sept. 8. Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries
contributorOf Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984 Series: Letters Received, 1805 - 1889 File Unit: 1884 - File No. 3000 - Logan, John A - District of Columbia National Archives at Washington, D.C
referencedIn William H. Cameron Civil War papers, Cameron (William H.) Civil War papers, 1862-1886 John Hay Library, Special Collections
creatorOf Logan, John Alexander, 1826-1886. Letters to messrs Wheat & Marcy, Dec. 20, 1879. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
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creatorOf Logan, John Alexander, 1826-1886. Letter signed : Washington, D.C., to William W. Belknap, 1870 Mar. 26. Pierpont Morgan Library.
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correspondedWith Blaine, James G., Mrs., 1828-1903 person
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correspondedWith Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925 person
associatedWith Burt, R. W. person
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correspondedWith Cortelyou, George B. (George Bruce), 1862-1940 person
correspondedWith Crofoot, Herman K. Herman K. Crofoot collection of Francis Elias Spinner papers. 1792-1908 person
associatedWith Dalzell, James L., person
associatedWith Dalzell, James McCormick, 1838-1924. person
correspondedWith Dodge, Grenville Mellen, 1831-1916 person
associatedWith Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861. person
associatedWith Eccles, Joseph T., 1807-fl. 1880. person
associatedWith Fairchild, Lucius, 1831-1896. person
associatedWith Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895. person
associatedWith Ford, Thomas R. person
associatedWith Foster, Herbert Sidney, 1853-1932. person
associatedWith Fuller, B. A. G. (Benjamin Apthorp Gould), 1879-1956 person
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associatedWith Grand Army of the Republic. Dept. of Illinois. corporateBody
associatedWith Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885. person
correspondedWith Grant, U. S. (Ulysses S.), 1881-1968 person
associatedWith Guiteau, Charles Julius, 1841-1882 person
associatedWith Hammond, John Henry, 1833-1890. person
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associatedWith Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893, person
associatedWith Hay, John, 1838-1905. person
associatedWith Haynie, Isham Nicholas, 1824-1868. person
correspondedWith Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 person
associatedWith Henshaw, Samuel, 1852-1941 person
associatedWith Hillyer, William Silliman, 1831-1874. person
associatedWith Hoar, George Frisbie, 1826-1904 person
memberOf Illinois. General Assembly. House of Representatives corporateBody
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associatedWith Kelly, Katharine Barrett, person
associatedWith King, William H., 1817-1892. person
associatedWith Leggett, Mortimer Dormer, 1821-1896. person
associatedWith Lincoln Guard of Honor. corporateBody
correspondedWith Lincoln, Robert Todd, 1843-1926 person
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associatedWith Logan family. family
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associatedWith Logan, John A., Mrs., 1838-1923. person
associatedWith Logan, Mary Simmerson Cunningham, 1838-1923. person
associatedWith Loomis, James R., fl. 1861. person
associatedWith Lowe, William M. (William Manning), 1842-1882. person
associatedWith McCoid, M. A. (Moses Ayers), 1840-1904. person
correspondedWith McCrary, George Washington, 1835-1890. person
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correspondedWith Moore, Thomas J. person
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associatedWith Palmer, John M. (John McAuley), 1817-1900. person
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Place Name Admin Code Country
Louisville KY US
Georgia GA US
District of Columbia DC US
Virginia VA US
Mexico 00 MX
Jackson County IL US
District of Columbia DC US
Tennessee TN US
Mississippi MS US
South Carolina SC US
Randolph County IL US
North Carolina NC US
Subject
Slavery
Account books
Atlanta Campaign, 1864
Atlanta Campaign, 1864
Belmont, Battle of, Belmont, Mo., 1861
Bentonville, Battle of, Bentonville, N.C., 1865
Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861
Civil War, 1861-1865
Congress
Constitutional amendments
Corinth, Battle of, Corinth, Miss., 1862
Cotton trade
Court martial
Democratic Party
Elections
Exhibitions
Fort Donelson, Battle of, Tenn., 1862
Geology
Impeachments
Jonesboro (Ga.), Battle of, 1864
Judges
Lawyers
Legislators
Light House Board
Memorial Day
Mexican War, 1846-1848
Military pension
Politics, Practical
Presidential campaigns
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Republican Party
Sherman's March thorugh the Carolinas
Smithsonian Publications
Soldiers
Veterans
Vicksburg Campaign, 1863
Women
Occupation
Army officers
Authors
County clerks
Lawyers
Legislators
Politicians
Representatives, U.S. Congress
Senators, U.S. Congress
Soldiers
Activity

Person

Birth 1826-02-09

Death 1886-12-26

Male

Americans

English

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