| Birth: | Mar. 26, 1817 | | Death: | Dec. 14, 1904 | 
Civil War Union Brigadier General. A child engineering prodigy, he graduated at the age of 18 from the 1835 Class of the United States Military Academy (35th of 56). Resigned from the Army soon after graduation, and embarked on a successful career as a Railroad science and technology pioneer. In 1862, the second year of the Civil War he was appointed chief of all U.S. Military Railroads and transportation, with the rank of Brigadier General, US Volunteers. He accepted the rank but not the pay, and served without any wages. After a full year of doing a remarkable job of organizing and building Military Railroad for the Union, he resigned. His postbellum career continued its remarkable path. General Haupt made great strides in Railroad evolution, and was the head of several railroad companies. (bio by: Russ Dodge)
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Spouse:
Anne Cecelia Keller Haupt (1821 - 1891)*
Children:
Lewis Muhlenberg Haupt (1844 - 1937)*
Ella Catherine Haupt Chapman (1848 - 1918)*
Charles Edgar Haupt (1854 - 1942)*
Alexander James Derbyshire Haupt (1858 - 1934)*
*Calculated relationship
Search Amazon for Herman Haupt | | | Burial:
West Laurel Hill Cemetery
Bala Cynwyd
Montgomery County
Pennsylvania, USA
Plot: Norriton Section, Lot 230 |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Oct 11, 2000
Find A Grave Memorial# 12883 |
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