Battle of Chantilly

September 1, 1862 · Fairfax County

Result Confederate victory

Stonewall Jackson's Confederates attacked retreating Union forces in a thunderstorm in northern Virginia after the Second Battle of Bull Run. Union generals Philip Kearny and Isaac Stevens were killed.

On the map Contemporaries

Union

Confederacy

United States

Confederate States of America

Philip Kearny military commander

Isaac Stevens military commander

Stonewall Jackson military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 6,000c. 6,000
Casualties: 1,3001,300

Strength: c. 20,000
Casualties: 800

Units

Army of Virginia III Corps (Union Army) IX Corps (Union Army)

Army of Northern Virginia Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia