Remembering ‘The Burning’

Record Books Bring History Alive

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Posted: August 22, 2012

By JEREMY HUNT

Circuit Court Clerk Chaz Evans-Haywood examines a Rockingham County deed book dated 1811-1820 at the Rockingham County Courthouse on Tuesday. The book was burned by Union soldiers during Gen. Philip Sheridan’s 1864 campaign. (Photos by Michael Reilly / DN-R)
Circuit Court Clerk Chaz Evans-Haywood examines one of the deed books at the Rockingham County Courthouse on Tuesday. One of the books burned by Union soldiers during the Civil War is on display at the Heritage Museum in Dayton.

HARRISONBURG — It was 148 years ago this fall that Union Gen. Philip Sheridan and his troops embarked on a campaign to weaken Confederate forces by torching resources throughout the Shenandoah...



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