Atlas of Battles

commander, 9 engagements

Battles of Benjamin Lincoln

Battles of Benjamin Lincoln

Continental Army general (1733–1810)

Benjamin Lincoln is recorded as a commander at 9 placed engagements in the atlas between 1777 and 1781: 4 battles, 3 sieges and 2 campaigns across 2 present-day countries, most in United States (8), Kazakhstan (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 22,124 km apart end to end, 2,766 km between engagements on average. Most belong to American Revolutionary War (9).

Battle of Bound BrookBattle of Freeman's FarmBattle of Stono FerrySiege of CharlestonPhiladelphia campaignBattles of SaratogaSaratoga campaignSiege of SavannahSiege of YorktownPhiladelphia campaignBattles of SaratogaSaratoga campaignSiege of SavannahChicagoTehranBengaluruMiamiMadridBaghdadAtlantaBerlinKabulAthens5000 km37.859N, 3.844W
9 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1777: 5 engagements5 in 17771779: 2 engagements1780: 1 engagements1781: 1 engagements17771781
9 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Philadelphia campaign, 1777Battle of Bound Brook, 1777Battle of Freeman's Farm, 1777Battles of Saratoga, 1777Saratoga campaign, 1777Battle of Stono Ferry, 1779Siege of Savannah, 1779Siege of Charleston, 1780Siege of Yorktown, 178117771781
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1777Philadelphia campaignNew Jersey, United StatesInconclusive
13 April 1777Battle of Bound BrookNew Jersey, United States62 km NBritish victory
19 September 1777Battle of Freeman's FarmStillwater, New York, United States281 km NAmerican victory; Freeman's Farm: British victory; Bemis...
7 October 1777Battles of SaratogaStillwater, New York, United States0 km NAmerican victory; Freeman's Farm: British victory; Bemis...
1777Saratoga campaignupstate New York, Kazakhstan9,836 km NEAmerican victory; Surrender of Burgoyne's army; Beginning...
20 June 1779Battle of Stono FerryCharleston County, South Carolina, United States11,103 km NBritish victory
16 September 1779Siege of SavannahSavannah, Georgia, United States120 km SWBritish victory
29 March 1780Siege of CharlestonCharleston, South Carolina, United States136 km NEBritish victory
1781Siege of YorktownYorktown, Virginia, United States586 km NEFranco-American 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, Charles Willson Peale, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.