He Hath Loosed the Fateful Lightning: The Battle of Ox Hill (Chantilly), September 1, 1862 - Hardcover

Taylor, Paul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1572493291 ISBN 13: 9781572493292

Publisher: White Mane Pub, 2003

Synopsis

Spectacular displays of lightning, thunder crashing so loud that it masked the roar of the cannon, a torrential downpour with gale-force winds; these were the hallmarks of the fateful September 1, 1862, Battle of Ox Hill. Only two days after the Confederate victory at Second Manassas, Stonewall Jackson’s vaunted "foot cavalry" would attempt to flank the retreating Union army and place Washington in their sights. An unplanned collision by the two armies near the Virginia plantation called "Chantilly" would prove to be a bloody and costly postscript to the Northern Virginia Campaign of 1862.

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From the Publisher:

With one-half of Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia only 20 miles from Washington, D.C., a spirited flanking attack led by Union General Isaac Stevens, and then continued by General Philip Kearny, helped to save the nation’s capital from possible rebel attack.

About the Author:

Paul Taylor is the compiler and coauthor of the book Discovering the Civil War in Florida: A Reader and Guide. When he moved to Virginia in 1998 he learned of the small, oasislike Ox Hill Battlefield Park, tightly nestled within much surrounding commercial development. A three-year journey of what the author calls "literary archeology" ensued with the result being this book. Married and the father of three, he is currently developing his third work, a New York regimental history.

About this edition

• Publisher: White Mane Pub
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1572493291
• ISBN 13: 9781572493292
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208