Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Leonidas Polk

Battles of Leonidas Polk

Confederate General (1806-1864)

Leonidas Polk is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1861 and 1864: 7 battles, all in present-day United States. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,452 km apart end to end, 242 km between engagements on average. Most belong to American Civil War (7).

Meridian campaignBattle of MariettaBattle of BelmontBattle of Stones RiverBattle of ChickamaugaAtlanta campaignBattle of ResacaBattle of BelmontBattle of Stones RiverBattle of ChickamaugaAtlanta campaignBattle of ResacaMemphisNashvilleJacksonKnoxvilleColumbiaMontgomerySavannahBirminghamLittle RockAugusta500 km34.566N, 86.756W
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1861: 1 engagements1862: 1 engagements1863: 1 engagements1864: 4 engagements4 in 186418611864
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Belmont, 1861Battle of Stones River, 1862Battle of Chickamauga, 1863Meridian campaign, 1864Atlanta campaign, 1864Battle of Resaca, 1864Battle of Marietta, 186418611864
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
7 November 1861Battle of BelmontBelmont, Kentucky, United StatesSee aftermath
31 December 1862Battle of Stones RiverRutherford County, Tennessee, United States261 km ETactically Inconclusive; strategic Union victory due to...
20 September 1863Battle of ChickamaugaCatoosa County, Georgia, United States150 km SEConfederate victory
1864Meridian campaignMississippi, United States427 km SWUnion victory
1864Atlanta campaignNorth Georgia, Georgia, United States431 km EUnion victory
13 May 1864Battle of ResacaGordon County, Georgia, United States106 km NWUnion victory
9 June 1864Battle of MariettaCobb County, Georgia, United States78 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, T. Lilienthal, New Orleans, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.