The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-06-08


We saw dust of on the right in
the direction o! Balls ford, Black
burn $ ford aud Manassas, and my
husband said that must be the South.
ern soldiers coming from that way.
The men we saw coming from toward
Stone bridge went up toward Sudley.
Fhe shooting over there around the
Matthews house was pretty brisk.
Then we saw long lines Of meu run
across the Henry field and 90 20 the
support of those that had come down
from the bridge. Rows Of cannon
were being drawn Up across the Henry
place. The shooting was getting
sharper and every few seconds a can
non would go off.
"All our men who went toward Sud-
ley began to run back, stopping to
shoot as fast as they could load. They
ran down Buck hill with the Yankees
running after them. The fields around
the Henry house were filing up with
troops and more were coming up from
toward Manassas all the time. The
Yankees crossed the valley and began
charging up the Henry hill. By this
time there was an awful din, and be-
tween the smoke and The dust We
could catch glimpse of the soldiers
here and there. The firing was very
quick. We could see the Henry house
burning, and troops Of men pushing
along toward the main battle ground.
The Yankees kept coming down from
Sudley and the Johnnies kept coming
up from toward Manassas. Several
solid shots came over our way, tearing
up the ground not very far in front of
US. A lot Of the neighbors from all
around here were over On the hill with
US, but nobody ran away.
"The noise of the battle got louder
all the time and the dust and smoke
got higher and thicker. About 4
o'clock we could see men running
back across the MattheTs place, get
ting away from the fighting. More
and more of them went running back
toward Sudley.
"It wasn't long before it seemed as
if all the men that had come down
from Sudley was running back that
way. The noise got fainter and dust
and smoke at the Henry place cleared
away enough for US to see the pufs of
smoke coming out Of the guns stretch
ed across from the Henry to the Rob
inson house. We could see troops
march down the pike aud could catch
sight Of q flag once in o while. The
fire slackened and the smoke cleared
away. The dust was rising over to-
ward Sudley, and we knew that the
bluecoats was going around that way
to get back to Centreville. Then we
went in the house and got supper.
That evening we drove over toward
the Henry place. They were gather
ing up the wounded, and some men
we're digging trenches and getting
ready to bury the dead. The field was
torn up with shells and killed and
wounded men were spravlc' out all
about, but not thick like after the
second battle. There was good many
dead horses and some cannon with the
wheels off. You could pick up q
wagon load Of guns and haversacks in
no time.
Mrs. Dogan was an important wit.
ness in the Congressional inquiry
which corrected the record of Gen.
Fitz-John Porter. Porter did not
move forward on August 29, because
as he said, Lopgstreet was in front Of
him. Porter's opponents contended
that Longstreet did not pass through
Thoroughfare Gap till the morning Of
the goth. and could not have come
down upon Jeckson's right at Grove
ton and in front Of Porter till the af-
ternoon Of that day. Mrs. Dessn :es-
titled that Longstreet and his staff
tcok breakfast in her house, at Grove
ton, early in the morning of the 29th,
and that his troops were coming up
and deploying to Jackson's right at
that time.
Mrs. Dogan says Gen. Longstreet
told her at breakfast she had better
move from Groveton. Later in tho
day, when the battle was hot back of
Groveton, and about Sudley, an officer
of Jackson's staff rode upand ordered
her to leave the place and to take the
children along. She had not been
gone an hour when the Union troops
and batteries began drawing up around
Groveton and Confederate shells were