. Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt; giving hitherto unpublished official orders, personal narratives of important military operations, and interviews with President Lincoln, Secretary Stanton, General-in-chief Halleck, and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 . ofthe army, and stated that he was in ignorance of the exact condi-tion of the troops and position of the enemy. Having called upon the Secretary of War and communicatedmy intentions, he directed me to remain in Washington, as
. Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt; giving hitherto unpublished official orders, personal narratives of important military operations, and interviews with President Lincoln, Secretary Stanton, General-in-chief Halleck, and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 . ofthe army, and stated that he was in ignorance of the exact condi-tion of the troops and position of the enemy. Having called upon the Secretary of War and communicatedmy intentions, he directed me to remain in Washington, as he hadsome other service for me to perform. After waiting two or three days very impatiently, duringwhich time I had no orders from the Secretary, I reported thesituation to General Halleck, who agreed with me that I should bein the field, and advised me to go again to the Secretary and sayto him that, unless he had more important diities for me to attendto elsewhere, General Halleck desired me to leave at once. TheSecretary replied, I do not know that I have anything for youto attend to; you had better go. By this time General Meade had moved northward. The Bal-timore & Ohio Railroad had been cut by the enemy, and I con-cluded that the most eificient service that I could render would beto go to Harrisburg, ascertain the condition of affairs in Pennsyl- 208. GENERAL HERMAN HAUPT. 211 vania—especially the numbers and position of the forces that hadbeen raised—and then make my way across the country on foot,or horseback, and give General Meade all the information I couldgather. With this object in view, I started for Harrisburg, but as theJSToi-thern Central Eailroad had been badly injured, I was com-pelled to travel via Philadelphia and Reading. I reached Harris-burg late in the evening of June 30, and repaired at once to thecapitol, where I foimd Governor Curtin and his staff. Theroom was filled with aides and other officers. Much confusionand excitement prevailed. I could
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