. Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt : giving hitherto unpublished official orders, personal narratives of important military operations, and interviews with President Lincoln, Secretary Stanton, General-in-chief Halleck, and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 . rnside was appointed to succeed McClel-lan. He was very reluctant to accept it; declared emphaticallythat he was not fit for it; that there were many better men in theservice, but that if the President and General Halleck insi
. Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt : giving hitherto unpublished official orders, personal narratives of important military operations, and interviews with President Lincoln, Secretary Stanton, General-in-chief Halleck, and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 . rnside was appointed to succeed McClel-lan. He was very reluctant to accept it; declared emphaticallythat he was not fit for it; that there were many better men in theservice, but that if the President and General Halleck insistedupon it, he would do the best he could, and could promise no more. Burnside had not the system and order which distinguishedMcDowell, and his ideas of practical operations were sometimesvery crude. On one occasion he wanted a new wharf built belowAcquia Creek, and asked me how much time would be required. I answered, About three weeks. He exclaimed, threeweeks! I want it in three days. I will detail twenty thousandmen for the service. I explained that more than a limited number of men could notwork; they would only be in the way, and that some time would berequired to collect tools and material. His idea seemed to be thatif 60,000 days work were required to complete a structure, hecould detail 50,000 men and do it in one day. n > o w > M ow 2o w o <l. GENERAL HERMAN HAUPT. 809 Burnside had promised to give no orders about rail trans-portation, except through me, but he sometimes forgot and gaveorders to subordinates which invariably led to trouble. His movement to Falmouth was not upon the lines indicatedby the President and General Halleck as the best, and wasprobably a mistake, but he was allowed to use his own judgment. A greater mistake was made in his assault on the heights atFredericksburg, which were too strong to be taken in front. Ifthere had been more prompt movement of his forces on the leftflank, the position might have been taken; but this is simply my
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