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Book Lincoln s Railroad Man  Herman Haupt

Download or read book Lincoln s Railroad Man Herman Haupt written by Francis Alfred Lord and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt

Download or read book Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt written by Herman Haupt and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book That Man Haupt

Download or read book That Man Haupt written by James Arthur Ward and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 1973 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Herman Haupt was a major figure in the development of American railroads during the nineteenth century. An engineering graduate of West Point, he helped to construct and operate the Pennsylvania Railroad in the 1850s and rose high in the company's ranks. During the Civil War, Haupt was directory of Union military railroad operations in the eastern theater where he won the rank of brigadier general. After the war he continued working for various railroad companies.

Book Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt  Giving Hitherto Unpublished Official Orders  Personal Narratives of Important Military Operations  and Intervie

Download or read book Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt Giving Hitherto Unpublished Official Orders Personal Narratives of Important Military Operations and Intervie written by Frank Abial Flower and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 edition. Excerpt: ... OF GENERAL HERMAN HAUPT Director, Chief Engineer and General Superintendent of the Pennsylvania Railroad Contractor and Chief Engineer for the Hoosac Tunnel Chief of the Bureau of United States Military Railroads in the Civil War Chief Engineer of the Tidewater Pipeline General Manager of the Richmond & Danville and Northern Pacific Railroads President American Air Power Company Etc Etc GIVING HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED OFFICIAL ORDERS, Personal Narratives Of Important Military Operations, AND Interviews With President Lincoln, Secretary Stanton, General- In-chief Halleck, And With Generals Mcdowell, Mc- Clellan, Meade, Hancock, Burnside, And Others In Command Of The Armies In The Field, And His Impressions Of These Men [WRITTEN BY HIMSELF] With Notes And A Personal Sketch By Frank Abial Flower Illustrated from Photographs of Actual Operations in the Field 1901 PREFATORY NOTE 'HERE is too much truth in the Irish observation that "No one thinks of strewing flowers on a friend's grave till after he is The writer entertained a decided feeling that a man like General Haupt, full of years, of goodness, of unselfish patriotism, and of widely fruitful deeds, certainly should have his "grave" bestrewn with the very choicest flowers while yet there was life to enjoy their fragrance. This feeling led to the publication of the present volume. The main portion of it, which is General Haupt's, was committed to writing by him in 1889. He had no intention of publishing the collection--merely desired to get into record form, for the gratification of his grandchildren and other immediate descendants, many important facts concerning our civil war which had entirely escaped the attention of historians--especially those in which he was either the foremost or a...

Book Moving the Union Army  Abridged  Annotated

Download or read book Moving the Union Army Abridged Annotated written by General Herman Haupt and published by BIG BYTE BOOKS. This book was released on with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though his name is not recognized by more than a handful of Americans, he revolutionized the way large armies and equipment were moved in wartime. He offered to work without rank or pay but eventually accepted a commission...with conditions as told in this book. The fascinating story of how the largest army in history to that date was almost miraculously moved from place to place during the American Civil War is revealed in this volume by General Herman Haupt. He was also key to understanding how the Confederate armies moved and warned General Meade of the impending approach to Gettysburg by Robert E. Lee. Of special interest is Haupt's assessments of the generals and men he worked with during the war, including Lincoln, Grant, Meade, Hooker, Burnside, and more. A successful businessman before and after the war, General Haupt was still working at age 85, when this book was first published. Every memoir of the American Civil War provides us with another view of the catastrophe that changed the country forever. For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.

Book Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt  Giving Hitherto Unpublished Official Orders  Personal Narratives of Important Military Operations  and Intervie

Download or read book Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt Giving Hitherto Unpublished Official Orders Personal Narratives of Important Military Operations and Intervie written by Various and published by READ BOOKS. This book was released on 2008-05 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: REMINISCENCES of GENERAL HERMAN HAUPT Director, Chief Engineer and General Superintendent of the Pennsylvania Railroad Contractor and Chief Engineer for the Hoosac Tunnel Chief of the Bureau of United States Military Railroads in the Civil War Chief Engineer of the Tidewater Pipeline General Manager of the Richmond Danville and Northern Pacific Railroads President American Air Power Company Etc Etc. This Book gives hitherto unpublished official orders, personal narratives of important military operations and interviews with the President Lincoln, Secretary Stantoon, General-in-Chief Halleck, and Generals McDowell, McClellen, Meade, Hancock, Burnside, and others in command of the Armies in the field, and his impressions of these men. Originally published in 1901. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Book Herman Haupt  Railroad Genius of the Civil War

Download or read book Herman Haupt Railroad Genius of the Civil War written by David M. Longobucco and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt

Download or read book Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt written by Herman Haupt and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Abraham Lincoln s Contemporaries

Download or read book Abraham Lincoln s Contemporaries written by Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Railroads in the Civil War

Download or read book Railroads in the Civil War written by John E. Clark, Jr. and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2004-10-01 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the time of the Civil War, the railroads had advanced to allow the movement of large numbers of troops even though railways had not yet matured into a truly integrated transportation system. Gaps between lines, incompatible track gauges, and other vexing impediments remained in both the North and South. As John E. Clark explains in this compelling study, the skill with which Union and Confederate war leaders met those problems and utilized the rail system to its fullest potential was an essential ingredient for ultimate victory.

Book United States Army Logistics  1775 1992

Download or read book United States Army Logistics 1775 1992 written by Charles R. Shrader and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Lincoln   the Railroads

Download or read book Lincoln the Railroads written by John William Starr and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Train and the Telegraph

Download or read book The Train and the Telegraph written by Benjamin Sidney Michael Schwantes and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A challenge to the long-held notion of close ties between the railroad and telegraph industries of the nineteenth century. To many people in the nineteenth century, the railroad and the telegraph were powerful, transformative forces, ones that seemed to work closely together to shape the economy, society, and politics of the United States. However, the perception—both popular and scholarly—of the intrinsic connections between these two institutions has largely obscured a far more complex and contested relationship, one that created profound divisions between entrepreneurial telegraph promoters and warier railroad managers. In The Train and the Telegraph, Benjamin Sidney Michael Schwantes argues that uncertainty, mutual suspicion, and cautious experimentation more aptly describe how railroad officials and telegraph entrepreneurs hesitantly established a business and technical relationship. The two industries, Schwantes reveals, were drawn together gradually through external factors such as war, state and federal safety regulations, and financial necessity, rather than because of any perception that the two industries were naturally related or beneficial to each other. Complicating the existing scholarship by demonstrating that the railroad and telegraph in the United States were uneasy partners at best—and more often outright antagonists—throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, The Train and the Telegraph will appeal to scholars of communication, transportation, and American business history and political economy, as well as to enthusiasts of the nineteenth-century American railroad industry.

Book Railroad Generalship  Foundations Of Civil War Strategy  Illustrated Edition

Download or read book Railroad Generalship Foundations Of Civil War Strategy Illustrated Edition written by Dr. Christopher R. Gabel and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes 4 figures, 13 maps and 4 tables. Renowned Military Historian Dr Christopher Gabel investigates the effects of the Railroad on the strategies employed by both the Union and Confederate Generals of the Civil War. According to an old saying, “amateurs study tactics: professionals study logistics.” Any serious student of the military profession will know that logistics constantly shape military affairs and sometimes even dictate strategy and tactics. This excellent monograph by Dr. Christopher Gabel shows that the appearance of the steam-powered railroad had enormous implications for military logistics, and thus for strategy, in the American Civil War. Not surprisingly, the side that proved superior in “railroad generalship,” or the utilization of the railroads for military purposes, was also the side that won the war.

Book Lincoln at Gettysburg

    Book Details:
  • Author : Garry Wills
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2012-12-11
  • ISBN : 1439126453
  • Pages : 305 pages

Download or read book Lincoln at Gettysburg written by Garry Wills and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The power of words has rarely been given a more compelling demonstration than in the Gettysburg Address. Lincoln was asked to memorialize the gruesome battle. Instead, he gave the whole nation "a new birth of freedom" in the space of a mere 272 words. His entire life and previous training, and his deep political experience went into this, his revolutionary masterpiece. By examining both the address and Lincoln in their historical moment and cultural frame, Wills breathes new life into words we thought we knew, and reveals much about a president so mythologized but often misunderstood. Wills shows how Lincoln came to change the world and to effect an intellectual revolution, how his words had to and did complete the work of the guns, and how Lincoln wove a spell that has not yet been broken.

Book Railroads of Pennsylvania

Download or read book Railroads of Pennsylvania written by Lorett Treese and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Regional histories of the great railroads Rail stories of the people and events that shaped history Rails to Trails paths, tourist attractions, and more Divides the state into regions and explores the major railroads, recounts the lore, profiles the individuals involved, and identifies places one can go to experience the relics of rail culture.

Book Conflict of Command

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  • Author : George C. Rable
  • Publisher : LSU Press
  • Release : 2023-08-30
  • ISBN : 0807181021
  • Pages : 441 pages

Download or read book Conflict of Command written by George C. Rable and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2023-08-30 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fraught relationship between Abraham Lincoln and George McClellan is well known, so much so that many scholars rarely question the standard narrative casting the two as foils, with the Great Emancipator inevitably coming out on top over his supposedly feckless commander. In Conflict of Command, acclaimed Civil War historian George C. Rable rethinks that stance, providing a new understanding of the interaction between the president and his leading wartime general by reinterpreting the political aspects of their partnership. Rable pays considerable attention to Lincoln’s cabinet, Congress, and newspaper editorials, revealing the role each played in shaping the dealings between the two men. While he surveys McClellan’s military campaigns as commander of the Army of the Potomac, Rable focuses on the political fallout of the fighting rather than the tactical details. This broadly conceived approach highlights the army officers and enlisted men who emerged as citizen-soldiers and political actors. Most accounts of the Lincoln-McClellan feud solely examine one of the two individuals, and the vast majority adopt a steadfast pro-Lincoln position. Taking a more neutral view, Rable deftly shows how the relationship between the two developed in a political context and ultimately failed spectacularly, profoundly altering the course of the Civil War itself.