Summary:
Union railroad specialist Herman Haupt writes to quartermaster general Montgomery C. Meigs in July, 1863, on the aftermath of the Gettysburg campaign. Haupt reports on the condition of the trains going into Gettysburg, and his intention to send track gangs to Chambersburg by wagon to repair roads in the area.

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Gen. M. C. Meigs:

Hanover,

July 9, 1863

I am on my way to Gettysburg again. Find things in great confusion. Road blocked; cars not unloaded; stores ordered to Gettysburg, where they stand for a long time, completely preventing all movement there; ordered back without unloading; wounded lying for hours, without ability to carry them off; all because the simple rule of promptly unloading and returning cars is violated.

I have ordered my track gangs from Alexandria to Gettysburg, to be sent to Chambersburg by wagon, to repair Hagerstown road.

H. HAUPT,
Brig.-Gen.

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Bibliographic Information : Letter Reproduced from The War of The Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series 1, Volume 27, Serial No. 45, Pages 619, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.