Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Andrew Hull Foote

Battles of Andrew Hull Foote

Union Navy admiral and United States Navy admiral (1806–1863)

Andrew Hull Foote is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1856 and 1862: 4 battles across 2 present-day countries, most in United States (3), China (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 13,175 km apart end to end, 4,392 km between engagements on average. Most belong to American Civil War (3), Second Opium War (1).

Battle of the Pearl River FortsBattle of Fort HenryBattle of Fort DonelsonBattle of Island Number TenBattle of the Pearl River FortsBattle of Fort HenryManilaSeoulChicagoLimaTehranKinshasaTaipeiBengaluruBangkokMiami5000 km29.814N, 11.955E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1856: 1 engagements1862: 3 engagements3 in 186218561862
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of the Pearl River Forts, 1856Battle of Fort Henry, 1862Battle of Fort Donelson, 1862Battle of Island Number Ten, 186218561862
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
16 November 1856Battle of the Pearl River FortsPearl River, ChinaAmerican victory
6 February 1862Battle of Fort HenryFort Henry, Tennessee, United States13,014 km NUnion victory
11 February 1862Battle of Fort DonelsonFort Donelson, Tennessee, United States17 km EUnion victory
28 February 1862Battle of Island Number TenNew Madrid, Missouri, United States144 km WUnion victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.