Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Bartolomé Mitre

Battles of Bartolomé Mitre

president of Argentina (1821-1906), writer, politician

Bartolomé Mitre is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1861 and 1867: 4 battles, 2 sieges and 1 campaign across 3 present-day countries, most in Paraguay (4), Argentina (2), Brazil (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,158 km apart end to end, 193 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Paraguayan War (6), Argentine Civil Wars (1).

Battle of CorrientesSiege of HumaitáBattle of PavónSiege of UruguaianaHumaitá CampaignBattle of TuyutíBattle of CurupaityBattle of PavónSiege of UruguaianaHumaitá CampaignBattle of TuyutíBattle of CurupaityPorto AlegreCórdobaPosadasRosarioTucumánSanta FeCaxias do SulPelotasFormosaDurazno500 km29.958S, 58.652W
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1861: 1 engagements1865: 2 engagements1866: 3 engagements3 in 18661867: 1 engagements18611867
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Pavón, 1861Battle of Corrientes, 1865Siege of Uruguaiana, 1865Humaitá Campaign, 1866Battle of Tuyutí, 1866Battle of Curupaity, 1866Siege of Humaitá, 186718611867
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
17 September 1861Battle of PavónArgentinaBuenos Aires victory
1865Battle of CorrientesCorrientes Province, Argentina567 km NEAllied victory
September 1865Siege of UruguaianaUruguaiana, Brazil133 km SEAllied victory, Paraguayan surrender on 18 September
1866Humaitá CampaignÑeembucú Department, Paraguay353 km NAllied victory
24 May 1866Battle of TuyutíTuyutí, Paraguay87 km SWAllied victory; Paraguayan attack repelled
22 September 1866Battle of CurupaityCurupaiti Fort, Paraguay10 km NParaguayan victory
2 November 1867Siege of HumaitáHumaitá, Paraguay9 km NEAllied 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, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.