** Henry Haupt organized supply and troop movements during the Gettysburg Campaign.
** He had permission to commandeer Virginia railroads, but now got control over those railroads in Maryland and Pennsylvania.
** He was a big enemy of Governor Andew of Pennsylvania.
** After the war, Haupt was involved in an oil pipeline and became very wealthy.
--Old Secesh
** Henry Haupt was Lincoln's railroad man.
** He was appointed to the USMA at West Point at age 14 and graduated at age 18. He graduated in July and resigned his commission in September.
** At the Second Battle of Manassas, Union General Pope needed troops. But the question was, where were those troops. These troops were with General Samuel Davis Sturgiss. He kept 10,000 troops out of the action.
** Haupt knew how to use railroads in a wartime sitiation. The United States Military Rail Road was formed to make sure the railroads could help the war effort.
** He rose to prominence during McClellan's Peninsular Campaign
** He was especially good at building bridges, including the 400 foot long, 100 foot-high trestle over the Potomac Creek in Virginia.
--Old Secesh
The McHenry County (Illinois) Civil War Round Table (MCCWRT) met Tuesday, October 11 at the Woodstock Public Library.
Round Table News:
** The MCCWRT attended the Civil War Show in Naperville last month and sold a whole lot of books (with the money going to out student scholarship). We made $835 and $350 went to other vendors (we were selling them for a real good price).
** Next month's meeting will not be on Tuesday, November 8 because of elections (voting will be at the library). Instead, we will meet at 7 pm on Wednesday, November 9.
** We will be providing Civil War speakers at McHenry County College for their continuing education retired program. The programs will be on Thursdays at 1 pm.
** There will be a Civil War living history program at Hainesville, Illinois, this weekend. There will be Union and Confederate reenactors and the Battle of Shiloh will be recreated. Lincoln, Grant will be speaking as well as others. There will be a medical display and an embalmer.
--Old Seceh
