Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Franz Sigel

Battles of Franz Sigel

Officer in the Grand Duchy of Baden; US Union Army general; civil servant (1824–1902)

Franz Sigel is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1861 and 1864: 4 battles and 1 campaign, all in present-day United States. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,629 km apart end to end, 407 km between engagements on average. Most belong to American Civil War (5).

Engagement near CarthageBattle of Wilson's CreekSecond Battle of Bull RunValley Campaigns of 1864Battle of New MarketBattle of Wilson's CreekValley Campaigns of 1864Battle of New MarketChicagoAtlantaDetroitSt. LouisClevelandPittsburghCincinnatiRaleighMemphisNashville500 km37.956N, 85.916W
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1861: 2 engagements2 in 18611862: 1 engagements1864: 2 engagements2 in 186418611864
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Engagement near Carthage, 1861Battle of Wilson's Creek, 1861Second Battle of Bull Run, 1862Valley Campaigns of 1864, 1864Battle of New Market, 186418611864
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
5 July 1861Engagement near CarthageJasper County, Missouri, United StatesConfederate victory
10 August 1861Battle of Wilson's CreekChristian County, Missouri, United States80 km EConfederate victory
1862Second Battle of Bull RunPrince William County, Virginia, United States1,404 km EConfederate victory
1864Valley Campaigns of 1864Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, United States120 km WUnited States victory
15 May 1864Battle of New MarketShenandoah County, Virginia, United States24 km NEConfederate 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, Unidentified photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.