Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of James Ronald Chalmers

Battles of James Ronald Chalmers

American politician (1831-1898)

James Ronald Chalmers is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1862 and 1864: 5 battles, all in present-day United States. Taken in date order, the sites lie 863 km apart end to end, 216 km between engagements on average. Most belong to American Civil War (5).

Battle of BoonevilleBattle of MunfordvilleFirst Battle of ColliervilleSecond Battle of ColliervilleBattle of Fort PillowBattle of BoonevilleBattle of MunfordvilleFirst Battle of ColliervilleSecond Battle of ColliervilleBattle of Fort PillowMemphisNashvilleChattanoogaHuntsvilleClarksvilleMurfreesboroBowling GreenJonesboroPaducahPoplar Bluff200 km35.959N, 87.869W
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1862: 2 engagements2 in 18621863: 2 engagements2 in 18631864: 1 engagements18621864
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Booneville, 1862Battle of Munfordville, 1862First Battle of Collierville, 1863Second Battle of Collierville, 1863Battle of Fort Pillow, 186418621864
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1 July 1862Battle of BoonevilleBooneville, Mississippi, United StatesUnion victory
14 September 1862Battle of MunfordvilleHart County, Kentucky, United States377 km NEConfederate victory
11 October 1863First Battle of ColliervilleShelby County, Tennessee, United States419 km SWUnion victory
3 November 1863Second Battle of ColliervilleShelby County, Tennessee, United States0 km NUnion victory
12 April 1864Battle of Fort PillowLauderdale County, Tennessee, United States68 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 / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.