1884 Life of James Blaine and Civil War General John Logan , Republican Party

Description: " Log Cabin To The White House " Series Pine To Potomac The Life Of James G. Blaine His Boyhood, Youth, Manhood, and Public Services. With A Sketch Of The Life Of Gen. John A. Logan By E. K. Cressey Published By James H. Earle Boston 1884 Antique hardcover. Decorated cloth ( mustard yellow ) binding. Decorated endpapers. 5.25" x 7.5" 421 pages. Over 135 years old. Biography of Hon. James G. Blaine (1830-1893), American Statesman , Civil War era Congressman , and Presidential candidate. Also includes a brief biography of Civil War era General John A. Logan ( 1826 - 1886 ). Illustrated. -------- Very Good Condition. Just slight wear to the binding. The binding is in quite nice condition. ( see the photos ) The inner hinges have been carefully strengthened with a little Bookbinder's glue. No writing. No markings. The pages are clean and in very good condition. ------------ Carefully packed for shipment to the buyer. ------------ Biographical information : General John A. Logan ( 1826 - 1886 ) was an American soldier and political leader. He served in the Mexican-American War and was a general in the Union Army in the American Civil War. He served the state of Illinois as a Senator and was an unsuccessful candidate for Vice President of the United States . Logan fought at Bull Run as an unattached volunteer to a Michigan regiment , and then returned to Washington , resigned his congressional seat, and entered the Union army as Colonel of the 31st Illinois Volunteers , which he organized. 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, Logan was promoted to major general. In Grant's Vicksburg Campaign , he 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. He received the Medal of Honor for the Vicksburg campaign . 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. Howard . He returned to Illinois for the 1864 elections but rejoined the army afterwards and commanded his XV corps in the Carolinas Campaign. After the war, Logan resumed his political career as a Republican , and was a member of the National 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. He lay in state in the United States Capitol and lies buried at U.S. Soldiers ' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery . -----------------

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