Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette

Battles of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette

French general and politician (1757–1834)

Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1777 and 1781: 3 battles, 1 siege and 1 campaign, all in present-day United States. Taken in date order, the sites lie 468 km apart end to end, 117 km between engagements on average. Most belong to American Revolutionary War (5).

Philadelphia campaignBattle of BrandywineBattle of GloucesterSiege of YorktownBattle of Green SpringPhiladelphia campaignBattle of BrandywineBattle of GloucesterSiege of YorktownBattle of Green SpringBaltimoreRichmondHarrisburgTrentonLynchburgCharlottesvilleFredericksburgAlexandriaAtlantic CityWinchester200 km38.615N, 75.642W
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1777: 3 engagements3 in 17771781: 2 engagements17771781
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Philadelphia campaign, 1777Battle of Brandywine, 1777Battle of Gloucester, 1777Siege of Yorktown, 1781Battle of Green Spring, 178117771781
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1777Philadelphia campaignNew Jersey, United StatesInconclusive
11 September 1777Battle of BrandywineChadds Ford Township, Pennsylvania, United States94 km WBritish victory
25 November 1777Battle of GloucesterGloucester, New Jersey, United States34 km EAmerican victory
1781Siege of YorktownYorktown, Virginia, United States315 km SFranco-American victory
6 July 1781Battle of Green SpringYorktown, Virginia, United States25 km WBritish 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, Joseph-Désiré Court, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.