Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of August Kautz

Battles of August Kautz

Union Army General, 1828 to 1895

August Kautz is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1863 and 1864: 7 battles, all in present-day United States. Taken in date order, the sites lie 828 km apart end to end, 138 km between engagements on average. Most belong to American Civil War (7).

Wilson-Kautz RaidBattle of Darbytown and New Market RoadsBattle of Buffington IslandFirst Battle of PetersburgBattle of Staunton River BridgeBattle of Sappony ChurchFirst Battle of Ream's StationBattle of Buffington IslandFirst Battle of PetersburgBattle of Staunton River BridgeBattle of Sappony ChurchFirst Battle of Ream's StationBaltimoreRichmondCharlestonLynchburgCharlottesvilleRoanokeFredericksburgAlexandriaHuntingtonWinchester200 km37.881N, 79.561W
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1863: 1 engagements1864: 6 engagements6 in 186418631864
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Buffington Island, 1863First Battle of Petersburg, 1864Battle of Staunton River Bridge, 1864Battle of Sappony Church, 1864First Battle of Ream's Station, 1864Wilson-Kautz Raid, 1864Battle of Darbytown and New Market Roads, 186418631864
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
19 July 1863Battle of Buffington IslandBuffington Island State Memorial, West Virginia, United StatesUnion victory
9 June 1864First Battle of PetersburgPetersburg, Virginia, United States433 km SEConfederate victory
25 June 1864Battle of Staunton River BridgeHalifax County, Virginia, United States122 km WConfederate victory
28 June 1864Battle of Sappony ChurchSussex County, Virginia, United States111 km EConfederate victory
29 June 1864First Battle of Ream's StationDinwiddie County, Virginia, United States17 km NConfederate victory
1864Wilson-Kautz RaidBrunswick County, Virginia, United States54 km SWInconclusive See Aftermath
7 October 1864Battle of Darbytown and New Market RoadsHenrico County, Virginia, United States90 km NEUnion 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.