VIRGINIA BIOGRArHY
and for twelve years was engaged in his
chosen profession — law, which he relin-
quished in order to organize the system of
railroads now represented by the Southern
railway system. He was also an active fac-
tor in the organization of various railroads
and other enterprises, and subsequently the
Gray National Telautograph Company, of
v/hich he became president. He was a staunch
adherent of the policy of the Democratic
party, but never sought or held public office;
he served as chairman of the executive com-
mittee of his party in 1879, was active in
the organization of the Gold Democratic
party of \"irginia in the first McKinley cam-
paign of 1896, and was elected chairman of
its executive committee. He held member-
ship in the Westmoreland Club, of Rich-
mond; the Commonwealth Club, of Rich-
mond; the Manhattan Club, of New York,
and the Southern Society, of New York.
His greatest pleasure was derived from read-
ing and out-door life in the country. Gen.
Logan married. May 25, 1865, Kate \'ir-
ginia, daughter of Judge James H. Cox, of
Chesterfield county, Virginia. They were
tliC parents of eleven children.
Lomax, Lunsford Lindsay, was born at Newport, Rhode Island, son of Maj. Mann Fage Lomax, U. S. A., of Virginia. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1856, and served on frontier duty until April 25, 1861, when he resigned, holding the rank of first lieutenant. Ap- pointed to a captaincy in the Virginia state forces, he was made assistant adjutant- general to Gen. J. E. Johnston; later he was transferred to the west, as inspector- general to Gen. McCulloch; in October, 1862, he was made inspector-general of the
.Army of East Tennessee, and bore a part in
the operations and battles in .Arkansas, Mis-
sissippi and Tennessee. In 1863, as colonel
of the Eleventh \'irginia Cavalry, he served
in West Virginia, and in the Pennsylvania
campaign. On July 23 he was promoted
to brigadier-general, and served gallantly
with his brigade under Fitzhugh Lee, and
August 10, 1864, was promoted to major-
general, and rendered distinguished service
ill the valley under Early. At ^\'oodstock,
October 9, he was captured, but escaped a
few hours later. On October 31 he was
given command of Early's cavalry wing,
and March 29, 1865, was given command of
the ninth valley district. After the fall of
Richmond, he reached Lynchburg, and after
Lee's surrender he joined Gen. Johnston at
Greensboro, North Carolina, and, with him,
surrendered to Gen. Sherman. Returning
home, he accepted the presidency of Blacks-
burg College, resigning after five years" ser-
vice. He was later engaged in the war
records office in Washington City.
Long, Armistead Lindsay, born in Camp- bell county, \'irgiiiia, September 13, 1827. He graduated from the United States Mili- tary Academy in 1850; was at Fort M6ul- trie until 1852, and on frontier duty as first lieutenant until 1854. In 1855 he was again sent west. In i860 he was at the Augusta (Georgia) arsenal, whence he was sent to Washington City as aide to Gen. Sumner. He resigned, and was commissioned major of artillery, C. S. A., and was sent to West \'irginia as chief of artillery to Gen. Loring. In the fall of 1861 he was attached to Gen. R. E. Lee as military secretary, with the rank of colonel. His efficiency was par- ticularly shown in his disposition of artillery
