Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of John Adolphus Dahlgren

Battles of John Adolphus Dahlgren

United States Navy admiral (1809–1870)

John Adolphus Dahlgren is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1863 and 1864: 4 battles, all in present-day United States. Taken in date order, the sites lie 97 km apart end to end, 32 km between engagements on average. Most belong to American Civil War (3).

First Battle of Fort WagnerSecond Battle of Fort WagnerSecond Battle of Charleston HarborBattle of TulifinnyFirst Battle of Fort WagnerSecond Battle of Fort WagnerSecond Battle of Charleston HarborBattle of TulifinnyColumbiaSavannahCharlestonAugustaMyrtle BeachAthensSumterAikenBeaufortDublin200 km32.713N, 80.375W
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1863: 3 engagements3 in 18631864: 1 engagements18631864
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

First Battle of Fort Wagner, 1863Second Battle of Fort Wagner, 1863Second Battle of Charleston Harbor, 1863Battle of Tulifinny, 186418631864
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
10 July 1863First Battle of Fort WagnerCharleston, South Carolina, United StatesConfederate victory
18 July 1863Second Battle of Fort WagnerMorris Island, South Carolina, United States0 km WConfederate victory
18 July 1863Second Battle of Charleston HarborCharleston, South Carolina, United States3 km NInconclusive
6 December 1864Battle of TulifinnyJasper County, South Carolina, United States94 km WConfederate 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.