A report on Philip Kearny, Battle of Chantilly and Second Battle of Bull Run
He was killed in action in the 1862 Battle of Chantilly.
- Philip KearnyThomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's corps of the Army of Northern Virginia attempted to cut off the line of retreat of the Union Army of Virginia following the Second Battle of Bull Run but was attacked by two Union divisions.
- Battle of ChantillyDuring the ensuing battle, Union division commanders Isaac Stevens and Philip Kearny were both killed, but the Union attack halted Jackson's advance.
- Battle of ChantillyMaj. Gen. Philip Kearny (brigades of Brig Gen. John C. Robinson, Brig Gen. David B. Birney, Col. Orlando Poe)
- Second Battle of Bull RunBy the end of August 1862, General Kearny led his division at the disastrous Second Battle of Bull Run, which saw the Union Army routed and nearly destroyed by Gen. Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
- Philip KearnyPope countered the move and the two forces clashed a final time at the Battle of Chantilly (also known as Ox Hill) on September 1.
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