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  DigitalSports - Chantilly
Chantilly had to step up their game to overcome the hard fought Herndon in the second half to clinch the victory.
Chantilly managed to turn it up in the second half and reduce the point spread to less than ten but it was not enough to outpace the determined SYA boy’s.
Both teams battle to the end but too missed fouls shots by Chantilly is the difference.
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 Science Fair Projects - Battle of Chantilly
The Battle of Chantilly took place on September 1, 1862, in Virginia as the concluding battle of the Northern Virginia Campaign of the American Civil War.
The Army of the Potomac, under Major General George B. McClellan, absorbed the forces of Pope's Army of Virginia, which was disbanded as a separate army.
The site of the battle, once rural farmland, is now surrounded by suburban development in Fairfax County.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Battle_of_Chantilly   (469 words)

  
 Battle Cry: A Command & Colors Game: New Scenarios
The battle was fought on September 21st and 22nd, 1864 in Virginia.
The battle was fought on June 9th, 1862 in Virginia, one of the many battles in the Shenandoah Valley Campaign.
Battle Summary: Armstrong Hill from the Knoxville Rountable.
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 Welcome to BLM Productions.com
The battle, which occurred on September 1, 1862, was fought after the Battle of 2nd Manassas and before the Battle of Antietam.
The battle scenes were filmed at Frying Pan Park, which replicated the layout of the original battlefield.
“The Battle of Chantilly (Ox Hill) is a compelling historical documentary.
www.blmproductions.com /chantilly.html   (373 words)

  
 info: Battle_of_Chantilly   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The Battle Of ChantillyThe Battle of Chantilly The Army of Virginia arrived at Centreville on the evening of the 30th.
The Battle of Chantilly and Charles V. Mauro's The Battle of Chantilly (Ox Hill: A Monumental Storm).
Philip Kearny at the Battle of ChantillyDuring the Battle of Chantilly General Philip Kearny was killed, along with General Isaac Stevens.
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A battle was fought at what is now known as Fair Oaks, but it was the Battle of Ox Hill, as it was called by the Confederates, also known as the Battle of Chantilly, the name used by the Union.
Chantilly was a mile or so to the west, about where Stringfellow Road crosses Route 50, in the general area near the Chantilly plantation.
Conley said another excellent resource on the Battle of Chantilly is "Tempest at Ox Hill: The Battle of Chantilly" by David A. Welker (2001, Da Capo Press).
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/11/AR2006011100868_pf.html   (907 words)

  
 Name
The misconception that the battle was fought around the Chantilly tavern has also contributed to it being commonly referred to as the Battle of Chantilly instead of Ox Hill.
Jed Hotchkiss after the battle, correctly identifies Ox Hill and refers to the battle as the "Battle of Ox Hill".
Perhaps, if past historians had properly referred to the battle as the "Battle of Ox Hill" instead of the "Battle of Chantilly", we would have been more aware of the battlefield's location and had a better chance to save it.
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 Battle of Chantily   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Battle of Chantilly "Jackson's Flank Attack" September 1, 1862
In the two-day 2nd Battle of Bull Run, Union Gen. John Pope's 60,000 soldiers made one desperate attack after another against Gen. Stonewall Jackson's 20,000 entrenched Confederate soldiers.
On the march to Chantilly, Jackson made the opposite complaint: Hill was moving too rapidly and causing too much straggling.
civilwar.bluegrass.net /battles-campaigns/1862/620901.html   (366 words)

  
 Chantilly (Ox Hill) Film Premieres In Fairfax, Va.
Mauro is the author of The Battle of Chantilly (Ox Hill): A Monumental Storm, published in 2002 by the Fairfax County History Commission.
He photographed them, added battle maps, inserted period drawings and archival photographs and chronicled the developments of the Battle of Chantilly (Ox Hill was the Confederate designation) and its subsequent place in history.
Chantilly battle veterans Hazard Stevens and Charles Walcott are asking John Ballard, a one-legged Confederate veteran who fought with Col. John S. Mosby, for directions in their search for battlefield landmarks.
www.civilwarnews.com /archive/articles/chantilly.htm   (935 words)

  
 Search Results - The Historical Marker Database
The reason for this battle is lost in obscurity, but brave men on both sides died here for a cause which they held to be inviolate.
The decisive incident of the battle was the heroic capture of the Federal battery by the V.M.I. cadets.
The battle which opened 1st Manassas raged across this farm July 18, 1861, with the house and barn used as a headquarters and hospital by Confederate troops.
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 Battle of Chantilly - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
The Battle of Chantilly took place in Virginia during the American Civil War.
After the Second Battle of Bull Run, General Jackson hoped to cut off the Union retreat.
Lee began the Maryland Campaign, including the Battle of Antietam, after Pope had retreated out of Virginia, and Major General McClellan replaced Pope as the most important Union commander in the area.
www.music.us /education/B/Battle-of-Chantilly.htm   (451 words)

  
 Lee's honor evident after Ox Hill - The Washington Times: Civil War   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The story of the Battle of Chantilly (Ox Hill) is usually told from the Union perspective because two Union generals were killed there.
However, a lesser-known story emerged from the battle, involving the famous general who was victorious and the widow of one of those slain Union generals.
Charles V. Mauro is the author of "The Battle of Chantilly (Ox Hill).
washingtontimes.com /civilwar/20030801-093841-2919r.htm   (1008 words)

  
 4th Maine Regiment Facts
September 1st, at Chantilly, we were sent by General Kearny to open an attack on the enemy, and had desperate fighting, losing 12 men killed, and 2 officers and 52 men wounded.
At the First Battle of Bull Run, he developed a military genius which gave evidence of a brilliant military career and made him a marked man. He was the first to discover the retreat of the enemy, which fact he immediately caused to be telegraphed to President Lincoln.
While the battle was raging, Gen. Kearny being unwell, the command of his division was turned over to Gen. Berry, his brigade remaining in the reserve.
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 Gov Isaac Stevens
In 1862 he returned from retirement from the military to lead a volunteer regiment in the Civil War,where he was killed on horseback in the Battle of Chantilly at the age of 44.
One of the most bitter moments of Stevens command came at Secessionville, a battle that was suppose to be the attempt to secure Charleston.
A leader and advocate for the Northwest died at the Battle of Chantilly.
home.comcast.net /~suvcw1/people/stevens/stevens.html   (1579 words)

  
 The Battle Of Chantilly
General Lee's army had suffered in these battles very seriously; and, considering its very inadequate means of repairing its losses, we were really in every respect, except in point of morale, in a better position than were the enemy to take the offensive.
The day after the battle was rainy, and the fords near the turnpike were rendered impassable.
Longstreet was so far behind him that the action known as the battle of Chantilly, which took place this afternoon, was over before he arrived.
www.civilwarhome.com /chantilly.htm   (1388 words)

  
 Raw Text 1, The Beginning
A year before, on July 21, 1861, there was the Battle of First Bull Run (First Manassas), where the Confederates first used the railroads to rapidly transport reinforcing troops and turn the tide of a battle.
In the two day battle at Shiloh, more American soldiers had been killed, wounded or captured, than in all of the previous battles of the previous wars in which the United States had thus far fought, combined.
For all intents and purposes, Missouri was under the control of the Federal forces since the Confederate defeat at the Battle of Pea Ridge (Elkhorn Tavern) in northwest Arkansas on March 7-8, 1862.
www.angelfire.com /mo2/29mo1/bgning.html   (2201 words)

  
 Battle of Harper's Ferry
The generals had declined battle until their forces were concentrated and the enemy was divided.
They had done their duty in more than one battle, they had been long absent from their farms, their equipment was worn out, the enemy had been driven from Virginia, and they considered that they were fully entitled to some short repose.
The intrenched camp still held out, for the sound of McLaws’ battle on the Maryland Heights was distinctly heard during the afternoon, and a resolute advance would have either compelled the Confederates to raise the siege, or have placed the Federal army between their widely separated wings.
www.sonofthesouth.net /leefoundation/jackson/battle-harpers-ferry.html   (12321 words)

  
 Civil War Sites in Fairfax County, Virginia -- Sully Historic Site, Chantilly Battlefield, Freeman House
Exhibits in the Fairfax Museum outline the rich history of the area, with emphasis on the Civil War, including an exhibit on the nearby battlefield where the Battle of Chantilly (Ox Hill) was fought in September 1862.
After the Union defeat at the first battle of Manassas on July 21, 1861, President Lincoln appointed General George McClellan as commander of the demoralized Union army.
After the second battle of Manassas and the Battle of Chantilly, Union and Confederate wounded were brought to the church to be cared for by Clara Barton, who later founded the American Red Cross.
www.fxva.com /fxva/civil_war_attract.html   (1365 words)

  
 Battle of Chantilly
This Civil War Battle was also known as the Battle of Ox Hill.
The Battle of Chantilly took place in Fairfax County, Virginia on September 1, 1862 and resulted in a Confederate Strategic victory.
This book sweeps you up in the larger course of the battle (the perspective of generals) yet never loses sight of the nitty-gritty action on the field (the perspective of the soldiers).
www.jennie-wade-house.com /battle-of-chantilly.htm   (245 words)

  
 Map Collections: Titles: 50
Plan of the Battle of Chantilly, Va., September 1st, 1862, 5 to 10 p.m.
Plan of the Battle of Five Forks, Va., March 31st 1865 and 1st April.
Plan of the battle of the North Anna fought May 23rd-26th, 1864.
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 This Day in History 1862: Battle of Chantilly
Following his brilliant victory at the Second Battle of Bull Run two days earlier, Confederate General Robert E. Lee strikes retreating Union forces at Chantilly, Virginia, and drives them away in the middle of an intense thunderstorm.
The battle was over within 90 minutes, although the storm persisted.
The result was the Battle of Antietam on September 17.
www.history.com /tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=2302   (426 words)

  
 Today in History: August 30
At the August 9 Battle of Cedar Mountain, Jackson's Confederates outnumbered the Union troops two-to-one.
The Second Battle of Manassas began on August 28, when Pope marched his men right into Jackson's waiting forces near the town of Manassas.
Search the Today in History Archive on Civil War to read about battles such as the Battle of Antietam, the Battle of Gettysburg, and the Battle of Bull Run, the first Civil War battle fought in the vicinity of Manassas, Virginia.
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 Times Community Newspapers - Documentary to be made of Battle of Chantilly
Bert Morgan, of BLM Productions and Herndon resident Charles Mauro, author of "The Battle of Chantilly" have teamed up to create what is being called a docudrama about the Battle of Chantilly, also called the Battle of Ox Hill.
The park, near the junction of West Ox Road and Monument Drive, bears memorials to the two Union generals who were killed in the battle, Philip Kearny and Isaac Stevens.
Those who participate in the project should bring only their most worn and dirty uniforms and equipment as the battle will be shot in special effects rain.
www.zwire.com /site/tab5.cfm?newsid=10181760&BRD=2553&PAG=461&dept_id=511686&rfi=6   (257 words)

  
 Philip Kearny
Kearny's left arm was shattered in battle and had to be amputated.
He returned to the United States at the outbreak of the Civil War and served as a brigadier general with the Army of the Potomac.
He lost his life in the Battle of Chantilly, Virginia, on September 1, 1862.
www.aoc.gov /cc/art/nsh/kearny.cfm   (234 words)

  
 Battle of Chantilly (Ox Hill) Marker
0.7 miles away); The Battle of Ox Hill — The Death of Generals Stevens and Kearny (approx.
The Thunderstorm and the Battle of Ox Hill.
Tempest at Ox Hill: The Battle of Chantilly.
www.hmdb.org /marker.asp?marker=532   (359 words)

  
 Civil War Campaigns in the Shenandoah Valley
After a running battle on the 24th along the Valley Turnpike from Middletown to Newtown (Stephens City), Banks made a stand on the heights south of Winchester.
Joseph Hooker as commander of the Army of the Potomac and brought the invading Confederate army to battle at the crossroads town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on July 1.
The battle of Gettysburg, the most sanguinary battle of the war, resulted in more than 50,000 casualties and a loss of Confederate manpower that could not be replaced.
www.angelfire.com /va3/valleywar/battle/campaigns.html   (4209 words)

  
 Delaware's Medal of Honor Winners
The unit was transferred to Fortress Monroe, Virginia where they fought in the Battle of Chantilly on September 1, 1862.
Private Maberry was luckier than most as he captured the battle flag of the 7th North Carolina and lived to tell about it.
He later suffered a head wound during the Battle of the Wilderness and was hospitalized in Washington, D.C. for a while.
www.state.de.us /gic/facts/history/maberry.htm   (497 words)

  
 Eye of the Storm
I made a careful sketch of these headquarters this forenoon and by the maps got all necessary information from our staff and cavalry officers who visited us today relative to the last movements of this army and began a plan of battle of Chantilly for the general.
Of greater concern was the outcome of battles fought by the Army of the Potomac and the fate of his comrades in the field.
all manners of rumors were circulating at the hotels." A few days later he exclaimed "the battle of Gettysburg has been fought and a glorious victory has been gained for the Union.
www.musarium.com /eyeofthestorm/journal13.html   (690 words)

  
 The Civil War at a Glance
Their first encounter, the Battle of the Wilderness, opens on May 5 and for the next 40 days the armies remain locke din deadly embrace.
In several battles around Chattanooga between October and November, Grant's armies defeat Bragg's troops, forcing them to retreat to Dalton, Georgia, where Bragg is succeeded in command be Gen, Joseph E. Johnson.
Mar 8-10 Battle of Kinston, N.C. Mar 16 Battle of Averasboro, N.C. Mar 19-21 Battle of Bentonville, N.C. Apr 13 Raleigh, N.C. occupied
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