Battle of Chantilly Facts

Also Known As

• Battle of Ox Hill

Date and Location

• September 1, 1862
• Fairfax County, Virginia

Campaign

• Northern Virginia Campaign

Principal Union Commanders

• Major General Philip Kearny
• Major General Isaac Stevens

Principal Confederate Commanders

• Major General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson

Union Forces Engaged

• 9th Corps of the Union Army of the Potomac (attached to the Army of Virginia)

Confederate Forces Engaged

• 2nd Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia

Number of Union Soldiers Engaged

• Roughly 6,000

Number of Confederate Soldiers Engaged

• Roughly 20,000

Estimated Union Casualties

• 1,300 (killed, wounded and missing/captured)

Estimated Confederate Casualties

• 800 (killed, wounded and missing/captured)

Result

• Inconclusive

Significance

• Union generals Philip Kearny and Isaac Stevens were killed during the Battle of Chantilly.
• The Battle of Chantilly was the final engagement of Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Northern Virginia Campaign.

Timeline of the Northern Virginia Campaign

These are the main battles and events of the Northern Virginia Campaign in order.

• August 9, 1862 — Battle of Cedar Mountain
• August 22-25, 1862 — First Battle of Rappahannock Station
• August 28, 1862 — Battle of Thoroughfare Gap
• August 28, 1862 — Battle of Brawner’s Farm
• August 28–30, 1862 — Second Battle of Bull Run
• September 1, 1862 — Battle of Chantilly