1860's CIVIL WAR CDV PHOTOGRAPH OF UNION ARMY GENERAL JOHN LOGAN By MATHEW BRADY

  
Very rare and original, 1860's CDV Photograph of Union Civil War and 1884 Democratic Vice Presidential candidate General John A. "Josh" Logan by Mathew Brady. This fantastic, period, albumen Photograph measures approx. 2 1/8 by 3 3/8 and is mounted on its original square corner, gold rule border Card Mount (card measures approx 2 1/2" by 4"). This is a wonderful, almost profile, 1/2 length seated portrait of General Logan wearing a double breasted, officer's frock coat with the shoulder straps of a Union general. The rear of the card mount carries the E. Anthony / Mathew Brady backstamp which reads in part Published by E. From Photographic Negative, From Bradys National Portrait Gallery. John Alexander Logan (February 9, 1826 December 26, 1886) was an American soldier and political leader. He served in the Mexican-American War and was a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He served the state of Illinois as a State Senator, a Congressman, and a U. Senator and was an unsuccessful candidate for Vice President of the United States with James G. Blaine in the election of 1884. As the 2nd Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, he is regarded as the most important figure in the movement to recognize Memorial Day (originally known as Decoration Day) as an official holiday. This very rare and wonderful, Albumen CDV Photograph is in very good condition - generally clean and crisp with sharp focus, strong contrast and rich tonality but with some minor mottling on the lower 1/3 of the Image. The card mount is sound and crisp there are a few small spots of foxing on the recto and significant toning on the verso.

A very rare and very attractive, 1860's CDV Photograph of Civil War Union General John Logan and a fantastic addition to any collection! Logan was born near what is now Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois.

He studied with his father, who was a physician, 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 an uncle, graduated from the Law Department of the University of Louisville in 1851, and practiced law with success. Logan entered politics as a Douglas Democrat, was elected county clerk in 1849, served in the State 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.

Logan helped pass a law to prohibit all African Americans, including freedmen, from settling in the state. He was known by his soldiers with the nickname "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.

He served in the army of Ulysses S. Grant in the Western Theater and was present at the Battle of Belmont, where his horse was killed, and at Fort Donelson, where he was wounded. Soon after the victory at Donelson, he was promoted to brigadier general, as of March 21, 1862.

Major John Hotaling served as his chief of staff. During the Siege of Corinth, 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 1863, and after its capture, Logan served as its military governor. In November 1863 he succeeded William Tecumseh Sherman in command of the XV Corps; and after the death of McPherson he commanded the Army of the Tennessee at the Battle of Atlanta (July 22, 1864) until relieved by Oliver O. In December 1864, Grant became impatient with George H.

Thomas's performance 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 command 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. 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 President Andrew Johnson. One of Logan's leading issues in the Senate was his efforts to stop any action taken to overturn the conviction in the court-martial of Maj.

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. For this campaign, he commissioned the painting of the Atlanta Cyclorama, which emphasized his heroism in the Battle of Atlanta. 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. 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. 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 PhilippineAmerican War. Logan, participated in the Hayden Geological Survey of 1871.

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