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Ox Hill Battlefield Park is a site in Fairfax, Virginia, where the Battle of Ox Hill (Union name Battle of Chantilly) was fought during the American Civil War. It was the only major battle of the war fought in Fairfax County .
The Official Virginia Civil War Battlefield Guide. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2001. ISBN 0-8117-2868-4. Taylor, Paul. He Hath Loosed the Fateful Lightning: The Battle of Ox Hill (Chantilly), September 1, 1862. Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Publishers, 2003. ISBN 1-57249-329-1. National Park Service battle description; CWSAC Report Update
A Spanish and Korean sign at Ox Hill Battlefield Park, not only connects current residents, it also honors non-native-speaking Civil War soldiers.
Chantilly is a census-designated place (CDP) in western Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. [4] [5] The population was 24,301 as of the 2020 census. [1]Chantilly is named after an early-19th-century mansion and farm, which in turn took the name of an 18th-century plantation that was located in Westmoreland County, Virginia. [6]
He Hath Loosed the Fateful Lightning: The Battle of Ox Hill (Chantilly), September 1, 1862. White Mane Books: Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, 2003. ISBN 1-57249-329-1; Todd, William. The Seventy-Ninth Highlanders NY Volunteers in The War of The Rebellion 1861-1865, page 212. Press of Brandow, Barton and Co., Albany, N.Y., 1886.
Map of Ox Hill battle. Jermantown/Germantown, located near the critical intersection of the Little River Turnpike (today Route 50) and Warrenton Turnpike (today Route 29), was part of the Ox Hill battlefield on September 1, 1862, and was held by Union troops under General Joseph Hooker.
Loxahatchee Battlefield's listing on the National Register of Historic Places caps 18 years of work by Palm Beach County parks officials, who think it may boost tourism.
Norwich will buy 27.58 acres on Ox Hill Road for several municipal uses, including additional land for Mohegan Park and the proposed police station. Norwich land purchase to expand Mohegan Park ...