Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-08

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down at Manassas. They have a monu-
ment there, and we are trying to get a
monument to put in our Groveton battle
cemetery. 1t wasn't so long ago that we
built q new fence around the lot, There
are about 900 or 700 men buried there"
The hill on which the Groveton cemetery
lies oVerlooks the country to the east we'll
down to the Stone Bridge, and commands
view of the junction Of the Warrenton
and Sudley roads. where the first battle
was fought.
II watched that battle" said Mrs. Do
gan All the neighbors around here were
up on that hill and watched the fighting on
Buck Hill and in the Henry field. although
every now and then a shell or a solid shot
would fall over this way"
Longstreet With Jackson.
Mrs. Dogan told The Star reporter one
thing of great interest. She said: Gen.
Longstreet ate breakfast in this house the
morning Of August %. 1862, and a large
body Of his men were over in those woods, -
pointing to a piece of woodland in the Oh
rection of GAINESVILLE. She could not be
shaken in this statement. It was not the
morning Of the Both, but the morning OF
the 10Th Longstreet then was on the field
about two miles away from Dawkins'
branch. behind which Porter's corps lay
There is one battle relic in the Dogan
home which is dear to the people there and
perhaps as dear to many persons in Ala
bama. 1t is confederate states standard
OF the finest silk. The red bars have faded
to pink. but the field Is still brilliant blue.
Two long white silk streamers are with the
flag. On one of these streamers IS the
legend, in black and gold letters, nearly
erased "Yancey Rifles" On the other
streamer is this variant of the Spartan
motto, Come back with 1t when the battle
The flag is the property OF Mrs NJ. e.
Dogan. daughter-in-law Of Grandma
Dogan.
When she was a maiden, living on the
| battlefield. neighbor of the Dogans, several
sick confederate officers were nursed st
her fathers house. One Of them when he
went away left some of his personal bag
gage. and neatly folded in box was this
! flag. The Yancey Rifles was a company In
the 18th Alabama Regiment, and the stan
dard at the Dogan house was the company
flag colors. Mrs. Dogan. during the pro-
gress of the war, sought to return the col
ors to the company. but the boys" told
her to keep them as souvenir.
Pope Takes Command.
Maj. Gen. John Pope assumed command
of the Army of Virginia June q. 1852 unit
| ing the commands of Mai. Gen. Irwin Nc
| Dowell. Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks
| Maj. Gen. John C. Fremont and the cavalry
/ brigades of Gen. John Buford and Gen
| George D. Bayard. The army under Gen
| Pope before the second battle Of Bull Run
| was augmented by three corps Of the Army
| of the Potomac. which had seen service
under command of Maj. Gen. George B.
| Mcclellan. These were the Sd Army Corps
| Maj. Gen. 8. P. Heintzelman; 9th Army
Corps, Maj. Gen. Fitz John Porter, and The
| 9th Army Corps, Maj. Gen. Jesse L. Reno
| Before his appointment to the command
| OF this great army Gen. Pope had been Ir
command OF the Army Of the Mississippi
| q corps Of the Army Of the West, com.
| manded by Gen. Halleck. and had been en-.
gagged in the operations against Corinth.
| The plan Of Secretary Stanton, 1t is said
was that Gen. Pope, at the head of the
| Army of Virginia, should demonstrate
| toward Gordonsville and Charlottesville tt
| divert as much as he could the confederate
| force from Gen. Mcclellan, then on the
| Chickahominy and engaged in the famous
| of the peninsula. and the James.
Gen. Pope, In literature contributed by
| him after the war to magazines, says HI
| did not sanction the plan Of Secretary
| Stanton, and that he urged upon the Sec
| rotary of War that he (Pope) be not ap
| pointed to the command Of the Army o.
| Virginia, all the corps commanders in thai
army being senior to him. It Is stated as
| 1act that Gen. Fremont. about the time o!
| ropes appointment, asked to be relieved Of
| command Of the LIST Corps and that his re
ceeding him. The forces placed unde,
| ropes command aggregated $1,000 men
Sigel having 1920; Banks, IL. 100; Nc
| DoWeil. 1890. and cavalry commands mum
berfng .. 800 saoers. Under Pope were alst
| twenty-five batteries. These troops were
] very much scattered, and orders were S.
SUED BY Pope bringing than near enough