Summary:
Union railroad specialist Herman Haupt writes Army of the Potomac quartermaster Rufus Ingalls in July, 1863, to discuss reopening railroads in the aftermath of the Gettysburg campaign. He mentions sending men to Chambersburg to begin repair work there.

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Gen. Ingalls:

Gettysburg, Pa.,

July 9, 1863.

We are about straight again at Gettysburg. I have put the road in charge of our own men. I have also 150 track men, on special train, on way to Gettysburg. I will march them over the mountain, and set them at work at Chambersburg to reconstruct the road. The Northern Central Railroad is open to York, but the opening to Harrisburg will be delayed a couple of days by the loss of some of our bridges by high water. Telegraph me, at Gettysburg, the position of affairs. Have the rebels possession of Hagerstown; if so, how much of the railroad? Have they bridges, and have any crossed the river? We hear nothing in this place.

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 619-620, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.