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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BIP_haymarket-post-office_Haymarket-VA.html
What we now call The Haymarket Post Office has served this community in many ways. The land was purchased by George A. Hulfish in 1883 and the structure was erected in 1885 with a recorded tax assessment of $350.
It is believed that the buildin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17VL_loudoun-county-prince-william-county_Haymarket-VA.html
LOUDOUN COUNTY, area 519 square miles. Formed in 1757 from Fairfax and named for Lord Loudoun, titular governor of Virginia and head of the British forces in America, 1756-1758. Oak Hill, President James Monroe's home, is in this County.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1588_st-pauls-episcopal_Haymarket-VA.html
The oldest church in continuous service in Prince William County. Erected in 1801, this building was a district courthouse for four counties 1803-09; Hygeia Academy 1814-1816. Bought by William Skinker 1822, thence used by Episcopaleans and Presby…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQTE_antioch-church_Haymarket-VA.html
Organized April 22, 1837, the nineteen original members of Antioch Baptist Church worshipped in a small log building until the stone church was erected in 1842. Baptisms were held in the creek behind the church. In 1901, the congregation tore down…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7MY_hopewell-gap_Haymarket-VA.html
During the Civil War, this narrow pass in the Bull Run Mountains was a strategic avenue for military movements. On August 28, 1862, during the Second Manassas Campaign, Confederate Gen. James Longstreet directed Gen. Cadmus Wilcox's division throu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4RJ_haymarket-during-the-war_Haymarket-VA.html
Throughout the Civil War, Haymarket and its residents endured the consequences of occupying an important geographical location. Marching armiespassed through the town during the First and Second Battles of Manassas,the engagement at Thoroughfare G…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4QZ_colonial-roads_Haymarket-VA.html
The town of Haymarket, chartered in 1799, owes its location to the junction of the Old Carolina Road and the north branch of the Dumfries Road at the site of the Red House. The Carolina Road developed from the Iroquois hunting path which was aband…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCE_ambush-at-ewells-chapel_Haymarket-VA.html
Acting on good intelligence, Union Gen. George G. Meade ordered a trap set here for Maj. John Singleton Mosby and his band of partisan rangers on the morning of June 22, 1863. With a small detachment of the 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry exposed as bai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC6_haymarket-during-the-civil-war_Haymarket-VA.html
On June 25, 1863, Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart and about 5,000 of his cavalrymen approachedHaymarket. They acted on orders from commanding Gen. Robert E. Lee, who was on the western side of the Bull Run Mountains marching north to invade Marylan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14_the-carolina-road_Haymarket-VA.html
The Carolina Road, earlier an Indian hunting path, roughly approximating Route 15 at this point, derived its name from trade between Frederick, Maryland, and Georgia. Later the road was used by settlers emigrating to western lands. Because of noto…