On our march from Gainesville to Antioch...we passed through what was once the village of Haymarket. The only indication of a village apparent to our marching column were the chimneys of a dozen or more houses. The houses had gone up in a flame....These brick columns, looking like spectre sentinels, stood in grim watch over the ashes at their [feet]. - From the journal of Pvt William H Warren, Company C of the 17th CT
| Y/M/D | Description | Place |
|---|---|---|
| 1862/11/04 | After Federal troops are fired upon by snipers, they search Haymarket and set fire to the house from where the shots were believed to have come. Soon the entire town was ablaze. | Haymarket, Virginia |
| 1862/11/05 | Union troops strip St Paul's of its pews and use the sanctuary as a stable. The building was fired by the departing troops. | St Paul's Episcopal Church, Haymarket |
| 1862/11/05 | Mary Berkeley, wife of Edmund, houses Haymarket refugee families in the mill workers' homes on Evergreen plantation. They stayed on, sewing uniforms for Confederate soldiers. | Evergreen Plantation Manor House, Haymarket |
| 1862/11/06 | The walls of St Paul's and three small houses near it escape destruction in the fire and, as a consequence, the town remained virtually unpopulated for the remainder of the Civil War. | St Paul's Episcopal Church, Haymarket |
| 1862/11/11 | German immigrant, Lt Kurd Baron von Veltheim of the 68th New York Volunteer Infantry is court martialfor wantonly and maliciously setting fire to and burning sundry and divers houses and other building without any lawful order or authority. | |
| 1863/06/21 | English illustrator of war events for Harper's Weekly and other publications, Alfred Waud, sketches the ruins of the town of Haymarket. He was accompanying Union troops passing through Haymarket on their way to meet Robert E Lee's army at Gettysburg, PA. | Haymarket, Virginia |
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