Atlas of Battles

commander, 13 engagements

Battles of Benjamin Franklin Butler

Battles of Benjamin Franklin Butler

American general and politician (1818–1893)

Benjamin Franklin Butler is recorded as a commander at 13 placed engagements in the atlas between 1861 and 1864: 11 battles and 2 sieges, all in present-day United States. Taken in date order, the sites lie 3,943 km apart end to end, 329 km between engagements on average. Most belong to American Civil War (13).

Battle of Chaffin's FarmFirst Battle of Fort FisherBattle of Port Walthall JunctionBattle of Swift CreekBattle of Chester StationBattle of Proctor's CreekBattle of Ware Bottom ChurchBattle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown RoadBattle of Big BethelBattle of Hatteras Inlet BatteriesCapture of New OrleansSiege of PetersburgSecond Battle of PetersburgBattle of Big BethelBattle of Hatteras Inlet BatteriesCapture of New OrleansSiege of PetersburgSecond Battle of PetersburgAtlantaRaleighMemphisNashvilleJacksonJacksonvilleRichmondKnoxvilleBaton RougeColumbia500 km33.726N, 82.914W
13 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1861: 2 engagements1862: 1 engagements1864: 10 engagements10 in 186418611864
13 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Big Bethel, 1861Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries, 1861Capture of New Orleans, 1862Battle of Chaffin's Farm, 1864First Battle of Fort Fisher, 1864Battle of Port Walthall Junction, 1864Battle of Swift Creek, 1864Battle of Chester Station, 1864Battle of Proctor's Creek, 1864Battle of Ware Bottom Church, 1864Siege of Petersburg, 1864Second Battle of Petersburg, 1864Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road, 186418611864
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
10 June 1861Battle of Big BethelTabb, Virginia, United StatesConfederate victory
28 August 1861Battle of Hatteras Inlet BatteriesNorth Carolina, United States220 km SUnion victory
25 April 1862Capture of New OrleansNew Orleans, Louisiana, United States1,459 km WUnion victory
1864Battle of Chaffin's FarmHenrico County, Virginia, United States1,436 km NEUnion victory
1864First Battle of Fort FisherNew Hanover County, North Carolina, United States387 km SConfederate victory
1864Battle of Port Walthall JunctionChesterfield County, Virginia, United States374 km NUnion victory
9 May 1864Battle of Swift CreekChesterfield County, Virginia, United States3 km SInconclusive
10 May 1864Battle of Chester StationChester, Virginia, United States7 km NInconclusive
12 May 1864Battle of Proctor's CreekChesterfield County, Virginia, United States5 km NConfederate victory
20 May 1864Battle of Ware Bottom ChurchChesterfield County, Virginia, United States6 km SECSA (Confederate) victory
9 June 1864Siege of PetersburgPetersburg, Virginia, United States14 km SUnion victory
15 June 1864Second Battle of PetersburgPetersburg, Virginia, United States0 km NConfederate victory
27 October 1864Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown RoadHenrico County, Virginia, United States31 km NConfederate 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.