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 Philip Kearny were killed. Pope retreated to Alexandria and the defenses of Washington. Thus ended the Second Manassas campaign.
Department of Historic Resources 2000
Monument Drive, between the Fairfax County Parkway and Ox Hill Road, at Ox Hill Park. Fairfax County Virginia
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