Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of John Pope

Battles of John Pope

Union United States Army general (1822–1892)

John Pope is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1861 and 1862: 4 battles and 1 campaign, all in present-day United States. Taken in date order, the sites lie 3,569 km apart end to end, 892 km between engagements on average. Most belong to American Civil War (5).

Skirmish at Blackwater CreekSecond Battle of Bull RunBattle of Island Number TenFirst Battle of Rappahannock StationNorthern Virginia CampaignSkirmish at Blackwater CreekBattle of Island Number TenFirst Battle of Rappahannock StationChicagoAtlantaClevelandPittsburghCincinnatiRaleighMemphisNashvilleDes MoinesBaltimore500 km37.662N, 85.572W
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1861: 1 engagements1862: 4 engagements4 in 186218611862
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Skirmish at Blackwater Creek, 1861Second Battle of Bull Run, 1862Battle of Island Number Ten, 1862First Battle of Rappahannock Station, 1862Northern Virginia Campaign, 186218611862
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
19 December 1861Skirmish at Blackwater CreekJohnson County, Missouri, United StatesUnion victory
1862Second Battle of Bull RunPrince William County, Virginia, United States1,393 km EConfederate victory
28 February 1862Battle of Island Number TenNew Madrid, Missouri, United States1,083 km WUnion victory
22 August 1862First Battle of Rappahannock StationCulpeper County, Virginia, United States1,052 km EConfederate Victory
1862Northern Virginia CampaignVirginia, United States42 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, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.