BATTLE OF OX HILL (CHANTILLY) 
(State Historical Marker# B 13) * This is a replacement marker.  The original marker "ACTION OF OX HILL" is no longer there. 
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Signs of History ®

"Maj. Gen Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's wing of the Army of Northern Virginia reached here 1 Sept., 1862.  Jackson's march from the battlefield of Second Manassas turned the position of Maj. Gen John Pope's army at Centreville and threatened the Union line of retreat near Fairfax Court House.  Here at Ox Hill, the Confederates encountered Federal troops of the IX and III Corps and a fierce battle was fought amid storm and darkness.  Union generals Isaac Stevens and Phillip Kearny were killed.  Pope retreated to Alexandria and the defenses of Washington.  Thus ended the Second Manassas campaign."

For personal commentary about the battle and the period by the contributor (Big Mike Muckenthaler) follow this link.
Photographs courtesy of "Big Mike" and Pam  Muckenthaler (November 2003)

For more photographs of the area click here.

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