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Herman Haupt is probably the least mentioned man that made a substantial contribution to the North's war efforts. Haupt was responsible for the organization and implementation of the Union's military railroad system. This enabled the Union's ability to move the many soldiers ( up to two million soldiers were enlisted in total for the war ) back and forth to battle areas and to move weapons and food supplies as well. One outstanding accomplishment, noted by US President Lincoln was Haupt's successful construction of a four hundred foot long, and eighty feet high railroad trestle by unskilled labor in two weeks. To his credit he also developed prefabricated truss bridges along with new methods for reshaping bent rails to allow faster reconstruction of rail lines destroyed by retreating Confederate forces.

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