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The Battle of Chantilly (Ox Hill) took place here 1 September, 1862. Union General John Pope's Army, retreating after defeat by Lee at Second Manassas, clashed with Jackson's divisions which were attempting to prevent Pope from reaching Washington…
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Union Loyalists at the Stewart FarmEleanor Stewart and her son Charles, who lived in a house on this site during the Civil War, were Union Loyalists in an area dominated by Southern supporters. Their neighbors called them "Yankees." Proud of their…
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The community of Chantilly, Virginia was named after the Chantilly mansion built by Charles and Cornelia Calvert Stuart on this site about 1817. The name "Chantilly" originated in France with the Ch?teau de Chantilly, just north of Paris. Cornelia…
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(Kiosk Panel): Wounds Suffered at Ox Hill (Chantilly)September 1, 1862 Union Soldiers4th Maine, 2nd Brigade (Birney), Kearny's Division:Pvt. Lorenzo E. Dickey, Co. A, Age 21: At Chantilly, received gunshot would in right thigh. Taken to a field…
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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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