Summary:
Union railroad specialist Herman Haupt reports to Army of the Potomac quartermaster Rufus Ingalls in July, 1863, on the state of Pennsylvania railroads following the Gettysburg campaign. He discusses plans to repair roads and to reopen communications with Chambersburg.

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Gen. R. Ingalls,
Hdqrs. Army of the Potomac:

Washington, D. C.,

July 11, 1863.

The Northern Central Railroad through to Harrisburg will not be opened before Tuesday. With great exertion, I have impressed 4 teams, and my force of 180 track men is now started to march to Chambersburg. The report of damages leaves me to expect great difficulty in procuring materials to reconstruct the Hagerstown road. I go to Chambersburg to-morrow, and will spare no efforts to open the communication.

H. HAUPT.

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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 654, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.