. Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt : giving hitherto unpublished official orders, personal narratives of important military operations, and interviews with President Lincoln, Secretary Stanton, General-in-chief Halleck, and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 . eral toldhim that he would not be ready to start before Sunday on themarch to Eichmond, but knowing his objections to initiatingmovements that day, he would leave it to his judgment. Thereply was: Take a good ready and start M
. Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt : giving hitherto unpublished official orders, personal narratives of important military operations, and interviews with President Lincoln, Secretary Stanton, General-in-chief Halleck, and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 . eral toldhim that he would not be ready to start before Sunday on themarch to Eichmond, but knowing his objections to initiatingmovements that day, he would leave it to his judgment. Thereply was: Take a good ready and start Monday morning. It was on his return from this visit that he told members ofthe War Committee that I had built the Potomac Creek bridgeout of nothing but beanpoles and cornstalks. In Popes second battle of Manassas I have reason to believethat the President passed many days without sleep, for at allhours of the night I received telegrams from him asking if Ihad no further intelligence to communicate. He w^as sorely tried by McClellans inactivity, and his lettersand dispatches were often pathetic: Tf you dont intend to usethat army, wont you lend it to me ? What has your cavalrybeen doing since the battle of Antietam that would fatigueanything ? It is useless to indulge in any eulogies of President heart was tender and full of sympathy, with no room for. GENERAL HERMAN HAUPT, 301 enmity. His intellect was penetrating and intuitive, his judg-ment almost infallible. In him the South lost their best friend,and the Nation, with the possible exception of Washington, theirgreatest President. Secretary Edwin M. Sta]sto]N.—I had some acquaint-ance with Mr. Stanton when he was practicing law inPittsburg, but was not intimate. He was a man of markedability and of strong characteristics. He was, I believe, honest,patriotic and fearless, but at times impulsive and made enemies and was denounced by those who unsuccessfullyopposed him or felt the force of his power,
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