. Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt : giving hitherto unpublished official orders, personal narratives of important military operations, and interviews with President Lincoln, Secretary Stanton, General-in-chief Halleck, and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 . engaged on the lastbridge across Goose Creek. Five of these bridges had been de-stroyed, and they were reconstructed in about a day and a half. Inthe afternoon I received a note from General McDowell, then atFront Royal, stati
. Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt : giving hitherto unpublished official orders, personal narratives of important military operations, and interviews with President Lincoln, Secretary Stanton, General-in-chief Halleck, and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 . engaged on the lastbridge across Goose Creek. Five of these bridges had been de-stroyed, and they were reconstructed in about a day and a half. Inthe afternoon I received a note from General McDowell, then atFront Royal, stating that an engineer officer had reported a badbreak on a high embankment west of the summit; track torn up,rails and ties thrown several hundred feet down the side of themountain, and a pile of wrecked cars at the east end of the break;also that two days or more would be required to repair the sent back word by the messenger that the General should not beuneasy. If the rails and ties were within reach and no morebridges broken, a few hours would repair the damages. Next morning, Sunday, June 1, we reached the summit soon,after daylight and found that a dozen or more cars, side tracked atthat point, had been turned loose and pushed over the grade. Theyhad run as far as the high bank, where the rails had been removed,and then capsized, making a bad GENERAL HERMAN HAUPT, 63 The first thing to be done was to tumble the broken cars overthe bank. With the strong force at hand, this was soon accom-plished. The track gang was then divided into two parties, workingtowards each other from the ends of the break. The rails and tieswere hauled np by ropes, and before 10 a. m. I had passed over thebreak on an engine, and reported to General McDowell, who wason horseback in the streets of Front Royal. After expressing mnch surprise at the rapid reconstructionof the road, I was requested by him to return and hurry forwardGeneral Augurs command. This was done, and a few hours l
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