Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ƙarshen watan Agusta 1862, Janar Kearny ya jagoranci rundunarsa a cikin bala'in Yaƙin Bull Run na biyu, wanda ya ga rundunar sojojin Tarayyar da Janar Robert E. Lee ya yi nasara da kusan hallaka sojojin Confederate na Arewacin Virginia. Sojojin Tarayyar sun janye zuwa Washington kuma sun yi yaƙi da ƙungiyar Confederate da ke bin Stonewall Jackson a ranar 1 ga Satumba, 1862, a yakin Chantilly
Ka yi haƙuri. A cikin hadari mai karfi tare da walƙiya da ruwan sama, Kearny ya yanke shawarar bincika wani rata a cikin Union line. Da yake amsa gargadin da wani bawa ya yi masa, ya ce, "Har yanzu ba a riga an ƙera harsashin 'yan tawayen da zai kashe ni ba". Haɗuwa da sojojin Tarayya, Kearny ya yi watsi da buƙatar yin sallama kuma, yayin da yake ƙoƙarin tserewa a kan doki, "rabin dozin muskets da aka harbe" kuma an harbe shi da ƙwallon Minié wanda ya shiga cinyarsa kuma ya fito daga kafada, ya kashe shi nan take. Babban Janar A.P. Hill, bayan ya ji karar harbe-harben, ya ruga zuwa gawar fitaccen soja tare da fitila kuma ya ce, "Kun kashe Phil Kearny, ya cancanci mafi alheri fiye da mutuwa a cikin laka". Janar Lee ya mayar da gawarsa ga sojojin Union, tare da bayanin ta'aziyya. A lokacin, akwai jita-jita a Washington cewa Shugaba Abraham Lincoln yana tunanin maye gurbin George B. McClellan da "Kearny the Magnificent". An kwashe jikin zuwa baya bayan da 'yan majalisa suka fahimci cewa an kashe babban jami'in. Sojojin Confederate da sauri suka cire wa Kearny tufafinsa, takalmansa, agogon aljihu, takardu, da wasu abubuwa masu tamani. Duk da haka, bayan da aka gane wanda marigayin ya kasance, Robert E. Lee ya ba da umarnin a mayar da duk kayansa a kan 'yan bindigar da ba su da kyau waɗanda suka yi zanga-zangar cewa mutumin da ya mutu ba ya bukatar rigar dumi da takalma. An ba da takardun Kearny ga Lee don dubawa, amma sun ƙunshi wasiƙun sirri ne kawai ga matarsa kuma ba su ƙunshi takardun soja masu amfani ba; Lee da sauri ya ƙone su.