Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Gordon Granger

Battles of Gordon Granger

Union Army General (1821–1876)

Gordon Granger is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1863 and 1864: 3 battles and 2 sieges, all in present-day United States. Taken in date order, the sites lie 771 km apart end to end, 193 km between engagements on average. Most belong to American Civil War (5).

Battle of FranklinBattle of ChickamaugaSiege of Fort GainesBattle of Mobile BaySiege of Fort MorganBattle of FranklinBattle of ChickamaugaSiege of Fort GainesBattle of Mobile BaySiege of Fort MorganAtlantaNew OrleansMemphisNashvilleJacksonJacksonvilleKnoxvilleBaton RougeColumbiaShreveport500 km33.071N, 86.669W
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1863: 2 engagements1864: 3 engagements3 in 186418631864
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Franklin, 1863Battle of Chickamauga, 1863Siege of Fort Gaines, 1864Battle of Mobile Bay, 1864Siege of Fort Morgan, 186418631864
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
10 April 1863Battle of FranklinWilliamson County, Tennessee, United StatesUnion victory
20 September 1863Battle of ChickamaugaCatoosa County, Georgia, United States183 km SEConfederate victory
1864Siege of Fort GainesFort Gaines, Alabama, United States582 km SWUnion victory
2 August 1864Battle of Mobile BayMobile Bay, Alabama, United States2 km EUnion victory; Mobile Bay occupied by Union.; Fall of Fort...
9 August 1864Siege of Fort MorganFort Morgan, Alabama, United States3 km SEUnion 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.