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Herndon historian pens Civil War play about Battle of Chantilly

Herndon historian, Civil War author and film producer Chuck Mauro is adding the title of playwright to his résumé.

Mauro has written a one-act play that will be performed for the first time Saturday at the eighth annual Fairfax County History Conference in Fairfax.

The play, “Chantilly . . . After the Storm,” is historically based on Fairfax County’s only major Civil War battle, the Battle of Chantilly — or Ox Hill as it was called by the Confederates — which took place on about 500 acres near Route 50 and Interstate 66 on Sept. 1, 1862. About 1,500 soldiers were killed and wounded during the battle....

Read entire article at Fairfax County Times