The troops of the other commands of Sherman's army failed to come to time, otherwise the entire army of Hood might have been captured on August 31st (thus making it unnecessary to fight the subsequent battles of Franklin and Nashville), and, with the fall of Atlanta, the enemy's entire Army of the West would have been destroyed.

The importance, however, of the capture of Atlanta, even without capturing the enemy's army, was sufficiently great to cause unbounded rejoicing in the North, and of course corresponding depression in the South.

Among other despatches received by Sherman was the following from President Lincoln :

EXECUTIVE MANSION,

WASHINGTON, D. C., September 3, 1864.

The National thanks are tendered by the President to Major-General W. T. Sherman and the gallant officers and soldiers of his command before Atlanta, for the distinguished ability and perseverance displayed in the campaign of Georgia, which, under Divine favor, has resulted in the capture of Atlanta. The marches, battles, sieges, and other military operations that have signalized the campaign, must render it famous in the annals of war, and have entitled those who have participated therein to the applause and thanks of the Nation.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN,

President of the United States.

Another, from General Grant, was in the following words:

Major-General Sherman :

CITY POINT, VA., September 4, 1864.-9 P.M.

I have just received your despatch announcing the capture of Atlanta. In honor of your great victory, I have ordered a salute to be fired with shotted guns from every battery bearing upon the enemy. The salute will be fired within an hour, amid great rejoicing.

U. S. GRANT,

Lieutenant-General.

From Jonesboro', Logan pursued the flying enemy to Lovejoy's, where he made another stand. Logan again had him in flank, and desired again to attack him and accomplish

what the army had failed to do on August 31st, by reason of the want of co-operation of the other troops of General Sherman's command; but in the meantime Atlanta had fallen, and Sherman, satisfied with the glory he had achieved in its capture,—although, as he says in his "Memoirs," "neither Atlanta, nor Augusta, nor Savannah, was the objective, but the army of Fos. Johnston (now under Hood's command), go where it might," decided, as he says, "not to attempt at that time a further pursuit of Hood's army, but slowly and deliberately to move back, occupy at Atlanta, enjoy a short period of rest, and to think well over the next step required in the progress of events.' Accordingly, early in September, in obedience to orders, the Army of the Tennessee found itself in camp at East Point, Ga., and a few days later General Logan issued the following stirring and patriotic address to his victorious command:

HEADQUARTERS FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS,

EAST POINT, GA., September 11, 1864.

Officers and Soldiers of the Fifteenth Army Corps:

You have borne your part in the accomplishment of the object of this campaign-a part well and faithfully done.

On the 1st day of May, 1864, from Huntsville, Ala., and its vicinity, you commenced the march. The marches and labors performed by you during this campaign will hardly find a parallel in the history of war. The proud name heretofore acquired by the Fifteenth Corps for soldierly bearing and daring deeds remains untarnished,-its lustre undimmed. During the campaign, you constituted the main portion of the flanking column of the whole army. Your first move against the enemy was around the right of the army at Resaca, where, by your gallantry, the enemy was driven from the hills and his works on the main road from Vilanow to Resaca. On the retreat of the enemy you moved on the right flank of the army by a circuitous route to Adairsville; in the same manner from there to Kingston and Dallas, where, on the 28th day of May, you met the veteran corps of Hardee, and in a severe and bloody contest you hurled him back, killing and wounding over two thousand, besides capturing a large number of prisoners. You then moved around to the left of the army, by way of Acworth, to Kenesaw Mountain, where again you met the enemy, driving him from

three lines of works, capturing over three hundred prisoners. During your stay in front of Kenesaw Mountain, on the 27th of June, you made one of the most daring, bold, and heroic charges of the war, against the almost impregnable position of the enemy on Little Kenesaw. You were then moved, by way of Marietta, to Nickajack Creek, on the right of the army; thence back to the extreme left by way of Marietta and Roswell, to the Augusta Railroad, near Stone Mountain, a distance of fifty miles, and after effectually destroying the railroad at this point, you moved by way of Decatur, to the immediate front of the rebel stronghold, Atlanta. Here, on the 22d day of July, you again performed your duty nobly, "as patriots and soldiers," in one of the most severe and sanguinary conflicts of the campaign. With hardly time to recover your almost exhausted energies, you were moved again around to the right of the army, only to encounter the same troops against whom you had so recently contended; and the battle of the 28th of July, at Ezra Chapel, will long be remembered by the officers and soldiers of this command. On that day it was the Fifteenth Corps that, almost unaided and alone, for four hours contested the field against the corps of Hardee and Lee. You drove them discomfited from the field, causing them to leave their dead and many of their wounded in your hands. The many noble and gallant deeds performed by you on that day will be remembered among the proudest acts of our nation's history. After pressing the enemy closely for several days, you again moved to the right of the army, to the West Point Railroad, near Fairburn. After completely destroying the road for some distance, you marched to Jonesboro', driving the enemy before you from Pond Creek, a distance of ten miles. At this point you again met the enemy, composed of Lee's and Hardee's Corps, on the 31st of August, and punished him severely, driving him in confusion from the field, with his dead and many wounded and prisoners left in your hands. Here again by your skill and true courage you kept sacred the reputation you have so long maintained, viz. "The Fifteenth Corps never meets the enemy but to strike and defeat them." On the 1st of September the Fourteenth Corps attacked Hardee; you at once opened fire on him, and by your co-operation his defeat became a rout. Hood, hearing the news, blew up his ammunition trains, retreated, and Atlanta was ours.

You have marched during the campaign, in your windings, the distance of four hundred miles, have put hors du combat more of the enemy than your corps numbers, have captured twelve stands of colors, 2,450 prisoners, and 210 deserters.

The course of your march is marked by the graves of patriotic heroes who have fallen by your side; but at the same time it is more

plainly marked by the blood of traitors who have defied the Constitu tion and laws, and insulted and trampled under foot the glorious flag of our country.

We deeply sympathize with the friends of those of our comrades in arms who have fallen; our sorrows are only appeased by the knowledge that they fell as brave men, battling for the preservation and perpetuation of one of the best governments of earth. "Peace be to their ashes."

During the res

You now rest for a short time from your labors. pite, prepare for future action. Let your country see at all times by your conduct that you love the cause you have espoused; that you have no sympathy with any who would by word or deed assist vile traitors in dismembering our mighty Republic or trailing in the dust the emblem of our national greatness and glory. You are the defenders of a government that has blessed you heretofore with peace, happiness, and prosperity. Its perpetuity depends upon your heroism, faithfulness, and devotion.

When the time shall come to go forward again, let us go with the determination to save our nation from threatened wreck and hopeless ruin, not forgetting the appeal from widows and orphans, that is borne to us upon every breeze, to avenge the loss of their loved ones who have fallen in defence of their country. Be patient, obedient, and earnest; and the day is not far distant when you can return to your homes with the proud consolation that you have assisted in causing the old banner to again wave from every mountain's top and over every town and hamlet of our once happy land, and hear the shouts of triumph ascend from a grateful people, proclaiming that once more we have one flag and one country.

JOHN A. LOGAN, Major-General, commanding.

ANOTHER INTERLUDE-LOGAN ON THE "STUMP AGAIN, DE

FENDING THE PARTY OF THE UNION.

After the termination of the Atlanta campaign,—in which he had borne so gallant and conspicuous a part,-Logan, again upon the suggestion of his superiors,* took another leave of absence, and went North to stump the Western States during the Presidential campaign of 1864. The same

* President Lincoln especially desiring it; the War Department, also.

influence which, as we have seen, rallied the Democrats of Egypt to the flag of their country, upon the first call to arms, was again brought to bear upon them to support and vote for the Republican ticket. Logan worked in this cause like a giant, and, with his rare eloquence of speech and manner, and his personal magnetism, succeeded in winning them over; they hailed him again as their political leader, and followed his guidance; but he persistently declined all offices tendered to him, declaring as he did so that he was a soldier and would not leave the service nor lay down his sword so long as there remained one rebel in arms against the Government. Alluding to what General Logan did at this time, the New Era (Illinois) subsequently said:

During the campaign in '64, he came home and battled for Mr. Lincoln and the Republican party, and certainly contributed as much to the success of the party in this State and Indiana as any other man. While he was doing this-fighting rebels in the field, and their friends at home,—many men who have always been supported by the party were lukewarm in the cause of the country and the party. General Logan took bold and decided grounds at once, and advocated using any and all means to put down the rebellion and sustain Mr. Lincoln's administration, while many others, now prominent in the Republican ranks, were grumbling and complaining at many things done to suppress opposition to the Government.

LOGAN PERFORMS AN ACT OF RARE MAGNANIMITY-HE GIVES GLORIOUS OLD "PAP THOMAS HIS CHANCE, AT NASHVILLE -LOGAN ACCORDINGLY REJOINS HIS OLD FIFTEENTH CORPS

AT SAVANNAH.

General Logan's labors for the Government, in the politi cal arena, prevented his return to his command before communications with Atlanta were severed. At the conclusion of the political campaign, however, he was called to City Point, Va., General Grant's headquarters,* and ordered to

*“At last I had to say to General Thomas that I should be obliged to remove him unless he acted promptly. He replied that he was very sorry, but he would move as soon as