Editing John A. Logan (section)

== Death ==
[[File:John A. Logan funeral.jpg|thumb|right|200px|John A. Logan's funeral at Hutchinson's vault]]
Logan showed signs of illness when the [[49th United States Congress]] opened its first official session on December 7, 1886. By mid-December, Logan's arms swelled and his lower limbs were in pain. After several days of intense discomfort, the ailment subsided. He relapsed a few days later and eventually struggled to maintain consciousness. On December 24, Logan's doctors conceded that the condition might be fatal. Around three o'clock in the afternoon on December 26, Logan died at his home in [[Columbia Heights (Washington, D.C.)|Columbia Heights]], [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Death of John A. Logan|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/28981925/|date=December 27, 1886|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|access-date=September 23, 2014}} {{open access}}</ref> After his death, Logan's body [[Lying in state|lay in state]] in the [[United States Capitol]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aoc.gov/nations-stage/lying-state-honor |title= Lying in State or in Honor |publisher=US Architect of the Capitol (AOC) |access-date=2018-09-01}}</ref> He was temporarily interred in a vault at [[Rock Creek Cemetery]] on December 31, 1886<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/138188655 |title=Buried with Much Pomp: Gen. Logan's Remains Placed in Rock Creek Cemetery |date=January 1, 1887 |page=1 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=2023-11-07|id={{ProQuest|138188655}} }}</ref> until he could be reburied in a newly constructed mortuary chapel at the [[United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery]] in Washington on December 26, 1888, the second anniversary of his death.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/138128226 |title=At Rest in a Chapel: Gen. Logan's Remains Transferred from Their Temporary Abode |date=December 27, 1888 |page=6 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=2023-11-07|id={{ProQuest|138128226}} }}</ref>