. Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt : giving hitherto unpublished official orders, personal narratives of important military operations, and interviews with President Lincoln, Secretary Stanton, General-in-chief Halleck, and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 . me days, and that Leewould be sure to escape and the fruits of the victory be lost. Thesefears were realized, although Lee did not cross the river untilJuly 14. At the opening of the TsTorthern Pacific Pailroad in 1884, ofwhic
. Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt : giving hitherto unpublished official orders, personal narratives of important military operations, and interviews with President Lincoln, Secretary Stanton, General-in-chief Halleck, and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 . me days, and that Leewould be sure to escape and the fruits of the victory be lost. Thesefears were realized, although Lee did not cross the river untilJuly 14. At the opening of the TsTorthern Pacific Pailroad in 1884, ofwhich I was General Manager, President Arthur and Secretary ofWar Eobert T. Lincoln v/ere invited guests. Lincoln sent wordthat he wished to see me, and when I presented myself he inquiredabout information given by me immediately after the battle ofGettysburg. He said that upon entering his fathers room oneday he found him in great trouble, and upon inquiring the causethe President said that information had been received from Gen-eral Haupt which led to the belief that Meade did not intend im-mediately to follow up his victory and that Lee would escape. Heasked for my exact recollection of the facts, which I gave him ashere stated. My telegram to General Halleck of Sunday, July 5, after theinterview with General Meade, shows very clearly that I had little ow w ► oo. GENERAL HERMAN HAUPT, 227 hope that Lee would be intercepted and prevented from crossingthe river, and my hope then was, by a very prompt movement tohead him off, intercept his supplies and reinforcements and starvehim out, or compel him to fight again under unfavorable conditions. Baltimore^ Md.^ July 5, HallecTc, General-in-Chief: I have just returned from Headquarters of General Meade. I lefthim about 1 p. m.^ about moving for Creagerstown. The main body of theenemy appears to have taken the Hagerstown road. They will reach thePotomac before Meade can possibly overtake them. Would it not be wellt
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