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On 1 Sept. 1862, Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's wing of the Army of Northern Virginia reached Ox Hill after marching from the battlefield of Second Manassas, turning the position of Maj. Gen. John Pope's army at Centreville and threatening the Union line of retreat near Fairfax Court House. At Ox Hill, the Confederates encountered Federal troops of the IX and III Corps, and a fierce battle was fought amid storm and darkness. Union generals Isaac Stevens and Philip Kearny were killed. Pope retreated to Alexandria and the defenses of Washington, ending the Second Manassas campaign.
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