. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . maintained in the midst of war,and with which the money-raising power of the peoplewas stimulated, guided, and upheld, was not second as afactor in military success to the skill of generals andcourage of troops in the field. General Grant expressedthis common conviction when, at the close of the war, hesent from City Point to Mr. Cooke, with his thanks, theassurance that to his efforts the nation was largely in-debted for the means that had rendered military success possible. The loans negotiated by Mr. Cooke, chiefly th
. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . maintained in the midst of war,and with which the money-raising power of the peoplewas stimulated, guided, and upheld, was not second as afactor in military success to the skill of generals andcourage of troops in the field. General Grant expressedthis common conviction when, at the close of the war, hesent from City Point to Mr. Cooke, with his thanks, theassurance that to his efforts the nation was largely in-debted for the means that had rendered military success possible. The loans negotiated by Mr. Cooke, chiefly through anenthusiastic, confident, persistent, and skilful appeal to thepatriotism of the people, reached an aggregate of twothousand million dollars, and the compensation for thisservice, an average of three-eighths of one per cent., outof which came ail expenses and commissions to sub-agents, left to the fiscal agent as a reward little besidesthe prestige and satisfaction of a great success in supportof a noble cause-. if>4 OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY {volunteer). GENERAL JOHN ALEXANDER LOGAN, (deceased). General John Alexander Logan was burn in Jack-son Count)-, Illinois, February 9, 1826; died in Wash-ington, D. C, December 26, 1886. His father, Dr. JohnLogan, came from Ireland when a young man andsettled in Maryland, but removed to Kentucky, thence toMissouri, and finally to Illinois. The son was educatedat a common school and under a private tutor. In 1840he attended Shiloh College. When war with Mexicowas declared he volunteered as a private, but was soonchosen a lieutenant in the First Illinois Infantry. Hedid good service as a soldier. After his return fromMexico lie began the Study of law, until elected clerk ofJackson Count)-, after which he continued the stud)- oflaw, and in 1851 was graduated at Louisville Universityand admitted to the bar. In 1858 he was elected toCongress from Illinois as a Douglas Democrat, and wasre-elected in i860. < hi the first i
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