506 LOGAN, JOHN ALEXANDER. 



LORING PASHA, WILLIAM WING. 



left his seat in the House, joined the troops 

 hurrying out of Washington, and fought in the 

 ranks at Bull Run. On his return, he resigned 

 his seat, and went home to raise the Thirty- 

 first Illinois Regiment of Infantry, which he 

 commanded at Ball's Bluff, Fort Henry, and 

 Fort Donelson. In the last-named battle he 

 was severely wounded. In March, 1862, he 

 was made a brigadier-general of volunteers, 

 and took part in the movement against Cor- 

 inth. Later in 1862 he was made a major-gen- 

 eral, having commanded' a division in Grant's 

 campaign in northern Mississippi with great 

 skill. He was in the battles of Port Gibson, 

 Raymond, Jackson, and Champion Hills, com- 

 manded McPherson's center at the siege of 

 Vicksburg, and was made military governor 

 of that city after its capture. In November 

 he succeeded to the command of the Fifteenth 

 Army Corps. Joining Gen. Sherman's army in 

 May, 1864, he led the advance of the Army of 

 the Tennessee at the battle of Resaca, defeated 

 Hardee at Dallas, and drove the enemy from 

 the works at Kenesaw mountain. When Gen. 

 McPherson was killed before Atlanta, Gen. Lo- 

 gan had command of the Army of the Tennes- 

 see, and it was mainly his skill and determina- 

 tion that saved Sherman's army from a serious 

 disaster that day. After Atlanta fell, he went to 

 Illinois and took an active part in the presiden- 

 tial canvass, advocating Lincoln's re-election. 

 He rejoined Sherman in Savannah, after the 

 march to the sea had been made, went through 

 the Carolinas, and was present at the surren- 

 der of Johnston in April. He was elected to 

 Congress as a Republican in 1866, and was re- 

 elected until 1871, when he was made United 

 States Senator, which post, except for a two 

 years' interval, he retained until his death. 



In the Republican National Convention held 

 at Chicago in June, 1884, on the first ballot for 

 a candidate for President, Gen. Logan received 

 63 votes, against 334 for Mr. Blaine, 278 for 

 President Arthur, and 93 for Mr. Edmunds. 

 After the nomination of Mr. Blaine had been 

 completed, Gen. Logan was nominated for 

 Vice-President. 



Gen. Logan's more remarkable speeches 

 were: "On Reconstruction" (1867); "On 

 the Impeachment of President Johnson" 

 (1868) ; " Principles of the Democratic Party " 

 (1868) ; " Vindication of Gen. Grant against 

 the Attack of Charles Sumner" (1872); "The 

 Ku-klux of Louisiana" (1875); "On the 

 Equalization of Bounties" (1875) ; " On the 

 Power of the Government to enforce United 

 States Laws" (1879); and on "The Fitz-John 

 Porter Case" (1880). In regard to this last 

 subject he always maintained that Gen. Por- 

 ter had been justly condemned, and should 

 not be restored. Gen. Logan published a large 

 volume entitled " The Great Conspiracy," re- 

 ferring to the civil war (New York, 1886), and 

 left in manuscript " The Volunteer Soldier in 

 America," which is to be published posthu- 

 mously. 



LORING PASHA, WILLIAM WING, an American 

 soldier, born in North Carolina, in 1818; died 

 in New York city, Dec. 30, 1886. His family 

 removed soon after his birth to Florida, with 

 which State he was thenceforward identified. 

 Gen. Loring displayed his military passion at 

 a very early age. He ran away from home at 

 the age of fourteen years, to join the Florida 

 troops in the Seminole War. Within two years 

 he was made a lieutenant, and participated in 

 all the engagements with the Indians, notably 

 those of Withlacoochee and Alaqua, in which 

 he displayed striking intrepidity and coolness, 

 though a mere boy. On his return he entered 

 Georgetown (D. C.) College ; but he left his 

 studies very hurriedly, at the breaking out of 

 the Texan War of Independence, to join the 

 Texan ranks. On attaining his majority he 

 was sent to the Florida Legislature, where he 

 served for three years. In 1846, on the eve 

 of the Mexican W T ar, he was appointed captain 

 in the Mounted Rifles, the new regular regi- 

 ment authorized by Congress, Assigned to 

 the army under Gen. Scott, he took part in all 

 the battles till the end of the campaign Vera 

 Cruz, Cerro Gordo, Contreras, Churubusco, 

 Chapultepec, and the city of Mexico. At the 

 last-named engagement he led the charging 

 column, was wounded, and had his arm ampu- 

 tated on the field. He was specially named in 

 Gen. Scott's dispatches, and succeeded to a 

 majority, while he received two higher brevets 

 for courage and conduct. From this time for- 

 ward he served in command of his regiment. 

 He was incessantly engaged in Indian fighting, 

 and protecting the emigrants on the overland 

 route. In 1849 he inarched his regiment from 

 Texas to Oregon, a distance of nearly 3,000 

 miles, and took command of that department. 

 His tact and discretion contributed largely to 

 the pacification of the boundary troubles with 

 Great Britain, and keeping the border quiet. 

 In 1851 Lieut.-Col. Loring was ordered back 

 to the Rio Grande with his regiment, and for 

 five years was continually in the saddle chas- 

 tising the Indians, whom he attacked in many 

 bloody contests. He became full colonel in 

 1855, and in 1858 served in the so-called Mor- 

 mon War, under Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston. 

 At the close of this military episode, Col. Lor- 

 ing took a year's leave of absence and traveled 

 in Europe, Egypt, and the Holy Land. Re- 

 turning to the United States, he was assigned 

 to the command of the Department of New 

 Mexico, which he retained until his resigna- 

 tion in 1861, for the purpose of joining the 

 Confederacy. Though Col. Loring was an 

 original Union man, and strongly opposed to 

 the theory and policy of secession, he, like 

 many other devout believers in the doctrine of 

 State sovereignty, followed the fortunes of his 

 State when it passed the ordinance of seces- 

 sion. He was commissioned brigadier - gen- 

 eral, and his earlier service against the United 

 States was in Western Virginia, where he was 

 the only Confederate leader to achieve marked 



