The U.S. Military Railroad was established by the United States War Department as a separate agency to operate any rail lines seized by the government during the American Civil War. An Act of Congress
Orange & Alexandria Railroad rail yard in Alexandria, Virginia
Transportation on the Potomac. Cars loaded at Alexandria can be carried on barges or arks to Aquia Creek, and sent to stations where the Army of the Potomac is supplied, without break of bulk.
Military railroad bridge across Potomac Creek, on the Fredericksburg Railroad
Union soldiers survey wreckage on the Orange & Alexandria Railroad.
Herman Haupt
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Herman Haupt was an American civil engineer, railway engineer, and railroad executive. He worked for several railroad companies including as general superintendent of the Pennsylvania Railroad from 18
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…C. McCallum, former general superintendent of the New York and Erie Railroad, was appointed as Military Director and Superintendent of U.S. Railroads. Herman Haupt, former chief engineer of the PRR, was appointed as Chief of Construction and Transportation in the Virginia theater. The departments in the USMRR…
Colonel Herman Haupt
The locomotive "General Haupt" being used for work detail while its namesake, Herman Haupt, stands on the hill to the right inspecting railway work near Bull Run in 1863
The Potomac Creek Bridge was restored by Haupt in under two weeks after damage by Confederate forces
Haupt on a raft made of pontoons and wooden planks