[Rockitz]

Some say the idea originated in Vicksburg MS

Interestingly enough General Logan was the Union general responsible for the seige of Vicksburg. There is a huge statue of him mounted on his horse near Vicksburg.

[Grand Old Partisan]

Thanks. Logan was one of the better political generals in the Union Army. What the political generals lacked in experience they often made up for with aggressiveness.

[Mark in the Old South]

If he was in Petersburg at the end of the war he is our man. I first heard of this General and his wife while living in Petersburg. They make a big deal of Nora Dickerson and her girls and their influence on starting Memorial Day.