Kearny and Stevens Monuments

In July 1915, John and Mary Ballard deeded a 50x100-foot lot on their farm to six trustees, three from Virginia and three from New Jersey, General Kearny’s home state. The small lot was reserved for monuments to any Confederate or Federal soldier who fell in the Battle of Ox Hill (Chantilly). Subsequently, monuments to generals Isaac Stevens and Philip Kearny were dedicated on October 2, 1915. Captain Hazard Stevens, John Watts Kearny, Lieutenant John N. Ballard, and Colonel Edmund Berkeley unveiled the monuments before a gathering of families, friends, and dignitaries, including Union and Confederate veterans. Among the prayers and oratory delivered that day, James W. Ballard, mayor of Fairfax, remarked that on this field, as on many others, foes of one flesh and blood faced each other, each fighting for the side that seemed right in his own mind and following the cause that he deemed just.

Fair Oaks, Virginia · United States