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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
Upton's Hill, or Upton Hill, is a geographic eminence located in western Arlington County, Virginia.Its summit rises to 413 feet (126 m) above sea level and is located in Fairfax County just over the Arlington county boundary and just east of the driveway to Upton Hill Regional Park, near the batting cage.
Emory Upton (August 27, 1839 – March 15, 1881) was a United States Army general and military strategist, prominent for his role in leading infantry to attack entrenched positions successfully at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House during the American Civil War, but he also excelled at artillery and cavalry assignments.
Moved to Rip Raps with mutineers August 20–30. Camp at Arlington Heights, Va., until September 28, and at Upton's Hill, Va., until March 1862. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10–15. Camp at Upton's Hill until April 9. McDowell's advance on Falmouth, Va., April 9–19. Duty at Fredericksburg until May 25. McDowell's advance on Richmond May ...
Unidentified soldier of Co. D, 17th Virginia Infantry Regiment. The 17th Virginia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia. 17th Infantry Regiment was organized at Manassas Junction, Virginia, in ...
The 23rd Ohio arrived in Washington, and camped in Northern Virginia, across the Potomac at Upton Hill. [46] The regiment was brigaded along with other troops from the Kanawha in the 1st Brigade of the of Kanawha Division. Col. Scammon being the senior colonel took command of the 1st Brigade and the 39-year-old Hayes assumed command of the ...
Battle flag of the "Bloody Eighth" The 8th Virginia Infantry Regiment was a Confederate infantry regiment raised by Colonel Eppa Hunton in Leesburg, Virginia on May 8, 1861. The unit comprised six companies from Loudoun, two companies from Fauquier, one company from Fairfax and one company from Prince William.
In 2000, two Virginia Historical Markers were put up at the park entrance. Marker B-13, titled Battle of Ox Hill (Chantilly), commemorates the battle while Marker B-29, titled Maryland (Antietam/Sharpsburg) Campaign, commemorates the start of General Lee's Maryland Campaign, which included the Battle of Antietam. Nearby there is one ...