Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Joseph A. Mower

Battles of Joseph A. Mower

United States Army officer (1827–1870)

Joseph A. Mower is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1863 and 1865: 5 battles, all in present-day United States. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,411 km apart end to end, 353 km between engagements on average. Most belong to American Civil War (4).

Battle of RichmondBattle of Old River LakeBattle of Fort De RussyBattle of Yellow BayouBattle of Broxton BridgeBattle of RichmondBattle of Old River LakeBattle of Yellow BayouBattle of Broxton BridgeAtlantaNew OrleansJacksonvilleBaton RougeColumbiaTallahasseeMontgomerySavannahBirminghamLittle Rock500 km32.134N, 86.577W
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1863: 1 engagements1864: 3 engagements3 in 18641865: 1 engagements18631865
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Richmond, 1863Battle of Old River Lake, 1864Battle of Fort De Russy, 1864Battle of Yellow Bayou, 1864Battle of Broxton Bridge, 186518631865
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
15 June 1863Battle of RichmondRichmond, Louisiana, United StatesUnion victory
1864Battle of Old River LakeChicot County, Arkansas, United States98 km NSlight Union victory
14 March 1864Battle of Fort De RussyFort DeRussy, Louisiana, United States246 km SUnion victory
18 May 1864Battle of Yellow BayouAvoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States27 km SEUnion victory
2 February 1865Battle of Broxton BridgeSouth Carolina, United States1,040 km EUnion 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.