Atlas of Battles

commander, 8 engagements

Battles of Blue Jacket

War chief of the Shawnee people (c. 1743 – c. 1810)

Blue Jacket is recorded as a commander at 8 placed engagements in the atlas between 1774 and 1794: 5 battles, 2 sieges and 1 campaign, all in present-day United States. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,074 km apart end to end, 153 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Northwest Indian War (4), American Revolutionary War (1).

Battle of Fort WayneSiege of Dunlap's StationSiege of Fort RecoveryBattle of Point PleasantBird's invasion of KentuckyHarmar CampaignSt. Clair's DefeatBattle of Fallen TimbersBattle of Point PleasantBird's invasion of KentuckyHarmar CampaignSt. Clair's DefeatBattle of Fallen TimbersChicagoPittsburghCincinnatiIndianapolisCharlestonColumbusLouisvilleDaytonYoungstownLexington200 km39.580N, 83.636W
8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1774: 1 engagements1780: 1 engagements1790: 2 engagements2 in 17901791: 2 engagements2 in 17911794: 2 engagements2 in 179417741794
8 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Point Pleasant, 1774Bird's invasion of Kentucky, 1780Harmar Campaign, 1790Battle of Fort Wayne, 1790Siege of Dunlap's Station, 1791St. Clair's Defeat, 1791Siege of Fort Recovery, 1794Battle of Fallen Timbers, 179417741794
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
10 October 1774Battle of Point PleasantPoint Pleasant, West Virginia, United StatesVirginian victory
1780Bird's invasion of KentuckyKentucky County, Kentucky, United States178 km SWBritish and Indigenous tactical victory
1790Harmar CampaignIndiana, United States412 km NNorthwestern Confederacy victory
1790Battle of Fort WayneMaumee River, Indiana, United States1 km SWNorthwestern Confederacy victory
1791Siege of Dunlap's StationDunlap, Ohio, United States203 km SAmerican victory
4 November 1791St. Clair's DefeatFort Recovery, Ohio, United States119 km NNorthwestern Confederacy victory
30 June 1794Siege of Fort RecoveryFort Recovery, Ohio, United States6 km NAmerican victory
20 August 1794Battle of Fallen TimbersOhio, United States155 km NEUnited States victory; Treaty of Greenville

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. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.