Herman Haupt was an American civil engineer and railroad construction engineer and executive. As a Union Army General during the American Civil War, he revolutionized U.S. military transportation, particularly the use of railroads. Wikipedia
Born: March 26, 1817, Philadelphia, PA
Died: December 14, 1905 (age 88 years), Jersey City, NJ
Children: Lewis M. Haupt
Place of burial: Laurel Hill West & Laurel Hill Funeral Home, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Nationality: American
Battles/wars: American Civil War
Books
General theory of bridge construction
1851
Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt
1901
List of Periodical Engineering Literature: (published in the English Language,)
1879
Military Bridges: With Suggestions for New Expedients and Constructions for Crossing Streams and Chasms; Including, Also, Designs for Trestle and Truss Bridges for Military Railroads, Adapted Especially to the Wants of the Service in the United States
1864
Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt: Giving Hitherto Unpublished Official Orders, Personal Narratives of Important Military Operations, and Intervie
General Theory of Bridge Construction: Containing Demonstrations of the Principles of the Art and Their Application to Practice; Furnishing the Means of Calculating the Strains Upon the Chords, Ties, Braces, Counter-braces, and Other Parts of a Bridge Or Frame of Any Description. With Practical Illustrations
1853
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