. Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt : giving hitherto unpublished official orders, personal narratives of important military operations, and interviews with President Lincoln, Secretary Stanton, General-in-chief Halleck, and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 . emont were sufficient for the protectionof the capital; that Jackson had only one-third the distance to re-treat that he had to advance; that before he could reach ProntPoyal the enemy would be out of reach; that the move was
. Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt : giving hitherto unpublished official orders, personal narratives of important military operations, and interviews with President Lincoln, Secretary Stanton, General-in-chief Halleck, and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 . emont were sufficient for the protectionof the capital; that Jackson had only one-third the distance to re-treat that he had to advance; that before he could reach ProntPoyal the enemy would be out of reach; that the move was only adiversion to break up the plan of the campaign; that if allowed toadvance, Pichmond would fall and the war would be substantiallyended. If orders now received were insisted on, the war would beindefinitely prolonged. The orders were insisted upon and, as the sequel proved, thewar was indefinitely prolonged. For the failure to capture Jack-son the public demanded a victim and, soon after, McDowell wasrelieved and Pope put in command. So far as my observation and knowledge of the facts extended,General McDowell was rarely permitted to execute any movementthat he recommended, but was compelled to do that which wascontrary to his own judgment and against which he protested. The next day, Monday, May 26, I was off with my corps for -J CO ow o zo > a CO o HW d. GENERAL HERMAN HAUPT. 53: Alexandria to reconstruct the Manassas Gap Koad and throwtroops and supplies into Front Royal, leaving Daniel Stone with apart of the force to reconstruct the bridge across the Massaponix,,for which the material was already loaded on the cars. The following telegrams exhibit some of the difficulties Ihad to contend with: Potomac Creek, May 13, 1862. General McDowell: The last bent was raised at Potomac Creek this evening, and several persons have walked over it, but the day has been a miserable one, and with all my efforts I could scarcely get two hours work out of the men. They soon became w
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