Background
Thomas Muldrup Logan was born in Charleston, South Carolina, United States, the tenth child of Judge George William and Anna D'Oyley (Glover) Logan and a nephew of Dr. Thomas Muldrup Logan.
(Excerpt from Oration: Delivered by Gen. T. M. Logan, at t...)
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Thomas Muldrup Logan was born in Charleston, South Carolina, United States, the tenth child of Judge George William and Anna D'Oyley (Glover) Logan and a nephew of Dr. Thomas Muldrup Logan.
He was graduated from the South Carolina College in 1860, first in his class.
In 1861 Logan served as a volunteer at Fort Sumter and then, aiding in the organization of Company A, Hampton Legion, was elected first lieutenant. After First Manassas (Bull Run) he was promoted captain. In spite of a wound received at Gaines's Mill in June 1862, he commanded his company at Second Manassas the following August. For "great bravery" at Sharpsburg (Antietam) in September, he was officially cited and promoted major. He then served in the campaigns of Micah Jenkins' brigade, particularly distinguishing himself in reconnaissance duty. In 1864, he was severely wounded. His daring leadership was rewarded by further promotions which in February 1865 culminated in his appointment as brigadier-general, the youngest then in the army. This promotion had been indorsed by Lee as "the best appointment that can be made for this brigade".
Transferred to Johnston's army, Logan led its last charge of the war, at Bentonville, North Carolina, in March 1865. When Johnston went to Sherman to surrender, Logan, "a slight, fair-haired boy, " accompanied him; his youthful appearance made it difficult for Sherman to believe that he commanded a brigade.
He successfully managed a local coal mine and its railroad for a few years, and then practised law in and near Richmond. Shortly before 1878 he started upon his career of railroad organization by beginning to purchase the stock of the Richmond & Danville Railroad. In this venture he saw profit for himself after long waiting, but he was more concerned with the development of a great railroad, which would aid the growth of Richmond. In 1878 he organized a Richmond syndicate to buy the pool of the Richmond & Danville controlled by the Pennsylvania Railroad. This syndicate quietly purchased at a low price the Pennsylvania pool, and, securing a broad charter for a new corporation, the Richmond & West Point Terminal Company, built the Georgia Pacific from Birmingham to the Mississippi and bought several other Southern railroads.
In less than two years the Terminal Company increased its trackage from 300 to over 2, 000 miles. When Richmond & Danville and Terminal stocks were succumbing to a bear attack in Wall Street, Logan threw in $1, 500, 000 of his own money to protect them. About two years later he was aided by John D. Rockefeller in purchasing and disposing of the controlling share of these stocks, and made a profit of approximately $1, 500, 000. In 1894, the railway system which he had organized was given its present name, the Southern Railway.
About 1890 Logan bought control of the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railroad, which he soon sold at a large profit to the Northern Pacific. From about 1888 until his death, as president of the Gray National Telautograph Company, he worked despite great discouragement to adapt a new invention, the telautograph, to the market. He spent a fortune in the development of the machine; but only after his death did it prove its great usefulness. Logan was chairman of the Virginia Democratic Executive Committee in 1879 and of the Virginia Gold Democrat Party in 1896. He died in New York City.
(Excerpt from Oration: Delivered by Gen. T. M. Logan, at t...)
He was a member of Virginia Gold Democrat Party.
Logan was an old-fashioned Southern host, a lover of good literature, an influential speaker and writer. A skilful though daring promoter, he carried into business the same capacity he showed on the battlefield. Although he probably lost several fortunes, after each disaster he returned to his enterprises with renewed courage.
On May 25, 1865, Logan married Kate Virginia Cox, daughter of Judge James H. Cox of Chesterfield County, Virginia.