Complex sentence: Haupt commissioned John Devereux, a railroad superintended after whom town was originally named, to build Devereux Station along the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, which was a Virginia intrastate railroad that was used to more efficiently transport troops and import supplies during the war.
Split into simpler sentences: Haupt commissioned John Devereux, a railroad superintended after whom town was originally named, to build Devereux Station along the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. The O & A was a Virginia intrastate railroad that was used to more efficiently transport troops and import supplies during the war.