Northern Virginia campaign
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The Northern Virginia Campaign, also known as the Second Bull Run Campaign or Second Manassas Campaign, was a series of battles fought in Virginia during August and September 1862 in the Eastern Theat
John Pope and Robert E. Lee, commanding generals of the northern Virginia campaign
Recovering a locomotive wrecked in a Confederate raid
Union soldiers at the Orange & Alexandria Railroad
Battle of Chantilly
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The Battle of Chantilly took place on September 1, 1862, in Fairfax County, Virginia, as the concluding battle of the Northern Virginia Campaign of the American Civil War. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackso
Northern Virginia campaign
…and Jackson, and was forced to withdraw with heavy losses. The campaign concluded with another flanking maneuver by Jackson, which Pope engaged at the Battle of Chantilly. Lee's maneuvering of the Army of Northern Virginia against Pope is considered a military masterpiece. Historian John J. Hennessy wrote that "Lee may…
Death of General Isaac Stevens
The death of General Kearny
Ox Hill Battlefield Park, with monuments to Stevens and Kearny
Fairfax County Courthouse