Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by John A. Logan

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American soldier John A. Logan.

Last updated on November 21, 2024.

John Alexander Logan was an American soldier and politician. 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 state Representative, a Congressman, and a U.S. Senator and was an unsuccessful candidate for Vice President of the United States with James G. Blaine in the election of 1884. As the 3rd Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, he is regarded as the most important figure in the movement to recognize Memorial Day as an official holiday.

American - Soldier | February 9, 1826 - December 26, 1886

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Music is the medicine of the mind.

John A. Logan

Let no vandalism of avarice or neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations, that we have forgotten, as a people, the cost of a free and undivided Republic.

John A. Logan

Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, no winter in thy year.

John A. Logan

I have entered the field to die, if need be, for this government, and never expect to return to peaceful pursuits until the object of this war of preservation has become a fact established.

John A. Logan

A major of colored troops is here with his party capturing negroes, with or without their consent....They are being conscripted.

John A. Logan

Let no vandalism of avarice or neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations that we have forgotten, as a people, the cost of a free and undivided republic.

John A. Logan

Music's the medicine of the mind.

John A. Logan

Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by John A. Logan

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