Near Fairfax in Fairfax County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Who Fought Here: The Generals
★ The Battle of Ox Hill ★
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), September 19, 2021
1. Who Fought Here: The Generals Marker
Brig. Gen. Isaac I. Stevens, USA:
Born North Andover, Massachusetts, 1818 West Point 1839 Corps of Engineers
Mexican War, wounded, 1847 Post war, US Coast Survey Resigned US Army, 1853
Appointed first governor of Washington Territory by President Franklin Pierce, 1853
Director, Northern Pacific Railroad survey, 1853
US Commissioner for Indian Treaties, 1853-56
Washington congressional delegate, 1856-60 Colonel, 79th New York Volunteers, 1861
Brigadier general, Port Royal expedition, South Carolina coast, 1861-62
Commanded 1st Division, IX Corps at Second Manassas, 1862
Killed at Chantilly (Ox Hill), 1862
Buried, Newport, Rhode Island
Life of General Isaac I. Stevens, Hazard Stevens, 1900
Brig. Gen. Alexander R. Lawton, CSA:
Born Beaufort District, South Carolina, 1818 West Point 1839 Resigned US Army, 1841
Graduated Harvard Law School, 1842 Practiced law at Savannah, Georgia
President, Augusta & Savannah Railroad Served in both houses of Georgia legislature
At outbreak of Civil War, seized Fort Pulaski on the Georgia coast for the Confederacy
Appointed brigadier general, Confederate
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Commanded Georgia brigade in the Seven Days Battles and at Second Manassas, 1862
Commanded division at Ox Hill, 1862 Badly wounded at Sharpsburg (Antietam), 1862
Commanded Quartermaster Generals department, 1863, until end of war
Returned to Savannah and law practice Member, Georgia legislature, 1870-75
Led Georgia delegation to Democratic National Convention, 1880 and 1884
Appointed Minister to Austria by President Grover Cleveland, 1887
Died 1896, buried in Savannah, Georgia
Generals in Gray, Ezra J. Warner, 1964
Maj. Gen. Philip Kearny, USA:
Born into wealth and status, New York City, 1815 Law degree, Columbia College, 1833
Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Dragoons, US Army, 1836
Attended French Cavalry School at Saumur, 1839 Fought with Chasseurs dAfrique, Algeria, 1840
Resigned US Army, 1846, but returned to fight in Mexico, 1847
Lost left arm at Battle of Churubusco, 1847 Brevetted major for gallantry
Duty in California, 1851 Resigned US Army 1851, traveled the world, lived in Paris
Served in the Army of France, an ally of Italy in its war with Austria, 1859
Fought at Magenta and Solferino,
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), September 19, 2021
2. Who Fought Here: The Generals Marker
Received Frances highest decoration, The Cross of the Legion of Honor, 1860
Brigadier general, New Jersey Brigade, Army of the Potomac, 1861
Commanded 1st Division, III Corps in the Peninsula Campaign, 1862
Major general at Second Manassas, 1862 Killed at Chantilly (Ox Hill), 1862
Buried in New York City, re-interred at Arlington National Cemetery, 1912
The Civil War Letters of General Philip Kearny, William B. Styple, 1988
Maj. Gen. Ambrose Powell (A.P.) Hill, CSA:
Born Culpeper, Virginia, 1825 West Point, 1847 Served in Mexico, 1847
Resigned US Army and entered Confederate service as colonel, 13th Virginia Infantry, 1861
Major general, Seven Days Battles before Richmond, 1862
Commanded Light division under Stonewall Jackson at Cedar Mountain and Second Manassas, 1862
At Ox Hill, held Confederate right flank, 1862
Timely arrival at Sharpsburg (Antietam) repelled Burnsides attack and saved Lees army, 1862
Fought at Fredericksburg, 1862 Wounded at Chancellorsville, 1863
As lieutenant general, led Confederate Third Corps at Gettysburg, 1863
At Bristoe Station, impetuous assault cost his corps
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3. Civil War Sites in Fairfax County and Nearby Region Panel
Fought in Wilderness Campaign, 1864, and at Petersburg, 1864-65
Killed at Petersburg, 1865 Buried in Richmond, Virginia
Generals in Gray, Ezra J. Warner, 1964
Erected by Fairfax County Park Authority.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #14 Franklin Pierce, and the Former U.S. Presidents: #22 and #24 Grover Cleveland series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1818.
Location. 38° 51.864′ N, 77° 22.191′ W. Marker is near Fairfax, Virginia, in Fairfax County. It can be reached from West Ox Road (Virginia Route 608) 0.1 miles south of Monument Drive, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4140 West Ox Rd, Fairfax VA 22033, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area and in Northern Virginia. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: La Batalla de Ox Hill (Chantilly) (here, next to this marker); Where the Battle was Fought (here, next to this marker); Wounds Suffered at Ox Hill (Chantilly) (here, next to this marker); Sequel to Second Manassas (here, next to this marker); The Wounded Left Behind (here, next to this marker); Ox Hill Battlefield Park & Interpretive Trail (here, next to this marker); Aftermath: The Invasion of Maryland (a few steps from this marker); General Reno's Probe East of Ox Road (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fairfax.
Credits. This page was last revised on September 20, 2021. It was originally submitted on September 20, 2021. This page has been viewed 505 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 20, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 3. submitted on January 24, 2009. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
