. Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt : giving hitherto unpublished official orders, personal narratives of important military operations, and interviews with President Lincoln, Secretary Stanton, General-in-chief Halleck, and with Generals McDowell, McClellan, Meade, Hancock, Burnside, and others in command of the armies in the field, and his impression of these men . hem in cars on receipt of this and for-ward them by special train to Chambersburg, by expeditious miles of track on Hagerstown road have been destroyed. We mustcut and haul ties, and no transportation to be had
. Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt : giving hitherto unpublished official orders, personal narratives of important military operations, and interviews with President Lincoln, Secretary Stanton, General-in-chief Halleck, and with Generals McDowell, McClellan, Meade, Hancock, Burnside, and others in command of the armies in the field, and his impression of these men . hem in cars on receipt of this and for-ward them by special train to Chambersburg, by expeditious miles of track on Hagerstown road have been destroyed. We mustcut and haul ties, and no transportation to be had in the this telegram to railroad superintendents, and ask them to hurrythe oxen along. H. HAUPT,Brigadier-General. Chambersburg, July 14, R. Ingalls, Headquarters Army of the Potomac: We have a sweet time reconstructing Hagerstown road. Rain ordrizzle all the time; men work but accomplish little; several bridges onJSTorthern Central Railroad twice carried away since we commencedto reconstruct them. We started a steam saw-mill yesterday; run itday and night; make cross-ties of slabs, planks—anything we can poles between this place and Hagerstown cut down andburned; no poles or teams to be had. Line must be reconstructed fromPlagerstown end. To-day I suppose the Northern Central Railroad will > W > o ?) tdo>1^ ■. GENERAL HERMAN HAUPT. 243 be finished, wlien the balance of my force, with tools and material, willbe able to get here; the work will then progress very rapidly. I marchedmy track force of 180 men across mountain; they are doing good ser-vice; but want tools and transportation. Send me a telegram everyafternoon giving position of affairs. M. xlAUJ: 1, Brigadier- General. On July 14, 1863, General Meade reported to General Hal-leek that upon advancing his lines he found the enemys positionevacuated. On July 14, 1863, General Halleck to General Meade, 1 p. M.: The enemy should be pursued and cut up wherever he may haveg
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