. Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt : giving hitherto unpublished official orders, personal narratives of important military operations, and interviews with President Lincoln, Secretary Stanton, General-in-chief Halleck, and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 . t in our transportation by the neglect of General Sturgis officersto load the cars furnished to them. Hearing nothing from the trains, Iwent in search of them and found them still unloaded and no possibilityof moving anything
. Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt : giving hitherto unpublished official orders, personal narratives of important military operations, and interviews with President Lincoln, Secretary Stanton, General-in-chief Halleck, and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 . t in our transportation by the neglect of General Sturgis officersto load the cars furnished to them. Hearing nothing from the trains, Iwent in search of them and found them still unloaded and no possibilityof moving anything until they are out of the way. I have seen GeneralSturgis and informed him that no more cars can be furnished him untilothers are supplied. He frankly admitted that the fault was in his men; he orderedthem to unload, but they did not. I ordered back nearly all the trains, and will load them to-nightwith supplies and ammunition, and send forward as fast as possible inpreference to troops. I must go to the Department and explain positionof affairs, but have been incessantly engaged day and night for a try to come to-morrow. H. HAUPT. August 25, 1862, 5:05 a. Pope: We will get off Hookers command during the day and has been the cause, directly and indirectly, of more than 24 hoursdelay in transportation of troops and GENERAL HERMAN EAUPT, . 93 A Baltimore & Ohio engine, sent forward, blocked the track sixhours by getting out of order on the road. When cleared, an engine gotoff the track; this caused more delay. I have now ordered that no morecars shall be loaded on track south of Alexandria. The loading of troopsmust all be done on Washington track, so as to keep main track clear. We have just dispatched six trains for Hooker. General Heintzel-man and staff are in car just moving off. Cox will go forward in morn-ing. Long bridge broke with Baltimore engine yesterday; it is now re-paired. Transportation will be furnished in the fol
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