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The Logan Guards, a militia company organized in 1858, were one of five companies in Pennsylvania to answer President Lincoln's call for volunteers on April 15, 1861. They rendezvoused at Harrisburg on April 17 and, on their way to Washington, marched through a hostile mob in Baltimore. As the first to arrive at the national capital, they became known as the First Defenders. While quartered in the barricaded Capitol building, President Lincoln personally greeted each man. Nearly all served throughout the war, with 31 of the Logans becoming commissioned officers and two reaching the rank of General.
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