He served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War, and afterward was greatly involved in railroad development in the Southern United States.

[3] His great-great grandfather was Christian Thomassen Muldrup, His Danish Majesty's Consul for Scotland and the North of England, born 1721 and married to Honoria Bray.

[4] When the American Civil War began in 1861, Logan chose to follow his home state of South Carolina and the Confederate cause.

[5] Following the Confederate victory at the First Battle of Bull Run in July, Logan was promoted to the rank of captain.

[2] In early 1865 Logan served with Hampton during the Carolinas Campaign, and was promoted to brigadier general on February 15.

Logan surrendered along with the rest of Hampton's forces on April 9, and was paroled on May 1 from Greensboro, North Carolina.

His body was buried in Hollywood Cemetery, located in Richmond, Virginia, following a funeral on August 12.