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(Kiosk Panel): Sequel to Second ManassasThe Battle of Ox Hill, September 1, 1862
The Confederate victory at Second Manassas (August 28-30, 1862) forced Union General John Pope's Army of Virginia to retreat to the heights of Centreville. To disl…
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(Kiosk Panel): Ox Hill Battlefield Park & Interpretive Trail
This small park is the last remnant of Fairfax County's only major Civil War battlefield. The Battle of Ox Hill, also known as the "Battle of Chantilly," lasted but a few hours on the…
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The clash at Ox Hill ended the Second Manassas Campaign. A small force of 6,000 Union soldiers had battled to a stalemate a much larger Confederate force of 17,000 of whom about 10,000 were engaged. In little more than two hours, the Confederates …
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While General Stevens' division attacked the Confederates on this side of Ox Road, part of General Jesse Reno's division entered the woods east of the road to protect Stevens' flank and probe the Confederate line. Reno's two leading regiments rece…
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The history of this small granite monument, marked simply "Kearny's Stump," is a mystery. According to tradition, a tree stood here at the time of the Ox Hill battle that subsequently became known as the "Kearny Tree." It was said to be either the…
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In July 1915, John and Mary Ballard deeded a 50x100-foot lot on their farm to six trustees, three from Virginia and three from New Jersey, General Kearny's home state. The small lot was reserved for monuments to any Confederate or Federal soldier …
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The boulders and quartz stone beside this fence mark the location where Union General Isaac Stevens fell with the flag of the 79th New York "Highlanders" during the initial Union assault. Here, Stevens' troops threw down the fence and drove Hay's …
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As a rainy darkness enveloped the battlefield, Major General Philip Kearny rode eastward to investigate the reported gap in the Union line. Reigning up in the pasture, Kearny became alarmed that Stevens' division had abandoned that part of the fie…
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A courier with an urgent request galloped up to 1st Division, III Corps commander Major General Philip Kearny on the Warrenton Turnpike. General Stevens' division had intercepted Stonewall Jackson's column on the Little River Turnpike and was in d…
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This early 20th-century photograph of the "Chantilly" battlefield was published by Fairfax County in 1907. The photo was taken from a vantage point a short distance ahead and to the right, beyond the park. It shows the pasture of the old Reid farm…