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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, John A. Logan was born in Jackson County in what | ||||||
| 3 | is now the City of Murphysboro on
February 9, 1826; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, During the course of John Logan's lifetime, he | ||||||
| 5 | served in the Illinois General Assembly, the United States
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| 6 | House of Representatives, and in the United States Senate; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, John Logan gave a speech in Marion on August 19, | ||||||
| 8 | 1861, after which General, and later President,
Ulysses S. | ||||||
| 9 | Grant declared that John Logan "saved Southern Illinois for the | ||||||
| 10 | Union"; and | ||||||
| 11 | WHEREAS, John Logan raised the 31st Illinois Volunteer | ||||||
| 12 | Infantry and, as Colonel, commanded it at the battles of
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| 13 | Belmont and Fort Donelson, during which he was seriously | ||||||
| 14 | wounded; and | ||||||
| 15 | WHEREAS, John Logan rose to the rank of Major General and | ||||||
| 16 | commanded General Sherman's 15th Corps; and | ||||||
| 17 | WHEREAS, After the death of General McPherson, John Logan | ||||||
| 18 | led the Army of the Tennessee to victory at the
Battle of | ||||||
| 19 | Atlanta on July 22, 1864; and | ||||||
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| 1 | WHEREAS, John Logan's role in the victory at the Battle of | ||||||
| 2 | Atlanta is honored by both the Atlanta Cyclorama and a grand | ||||||
| 3 | equestrian
statue in Grant Park in Chicago; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, John Logan is considered by many historians to be | ||||||
| 5 | the best of the Union's volunteer generals in the
Civil War; | ||||||
| 6 | and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, The General John A. Logan Museum honors one of the | ||||||
| 8 | most noteworthy 19th
century Americans, whose legacy includes | ||||||
| 9 | modern veterans benefits, and being an early advocate of
equal | ||||||
| 10 | rights for African Americans and women - well ahead of his | ||||||
| 11 | time; and | ||||||
| 12 | WHEREAS, John Logan is named, along with President Abraham | ||||||
| 13 | Lincoln and President Ulysses S. Grant in the state song | ||||||
| 14 | "Illinois"; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, On May 5, 1868, as Commander-in-Chief of the Grand | ||||||
| 16 | Army of the Republic, John Logan issued General
Order No.11, | ||||||
| 17 | which established Memorial Day as a national holiday; | ||||||
| 18 | therefore, be it
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| 19 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 20 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 21 | urge the United States Postal Service to commemorate the life | ||||||
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| 1 | of John Logan with a postage stamp to be issued in time for the | ||||||
| 2 | 150th anniversary of Memorial Day becoming a national holiday | ||||||
| 3 | in 2018; and be it further
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| 4 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 5 | delivered to United States Postmaster General, Megan Brennan.
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