The Battle of Ox Hill

(Kiosk Panel): Wounds Suffered at Ox Hill (Chantilly)

September 1, 1862

Union Soldiers

4th 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 ...

The Battle of Ox Hill

(Kiosk Panel): Sequel to Second Manassas

The 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 dislodge ...

The Battle of Ox Hill

(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 ...

The Battle of Ox Hill

Aftermath: The Invasion of Maryland

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. ...

The Battle of Ox Hill

General Reno's Probe East of Ox Road

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 ...

The Battle of Ox Hill

Kearny's Stump and the Monument Lot

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 Battle of Ox Hill

Kearny and Stevens Monuments

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 ...

The Battle of Ox Hill

Boulders and Quartz Stone

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 Battle of Ox Hill

The Death of General Kearny

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 ...

The Battle of Ox Hill

Attack of General Birney’s Brigade

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 ...