Summary:
Union director of military railroads Herman Haupt reports from Chambersburg to Quartermaster General Montgomery Meigs in July, 1863. He says he will return construction crews to Alexandria, and comments on the escape across the Potomac of Lee's Army of Northern Virginia following the battle of Gettysburg.

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Received 11 p. m.
M. C. Meigs, Quartermaster-Gen.:

Chambersburg, Pa.,

July 14, 1863

Construction corps will be ordered back immediately to Alexandria. This movement is precisely as I expected and predicted. I did not see how we could prevent the enemy from crossing. It is now of the greatest importance to occupy the gaps of the Blue Ridge, and push forces ahead to secure from destruction any bridges on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad that may still remain.

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