Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Quincy Adams Gillmore

Battles of Quincy Adams Gillmore

Union Army general (1825–1888)

Quincy Adams Gillmore is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1862 and 1864: 6 battles and 1 siege, all in present-day United States. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,857 km apart end to end, 310 km between engagements on average. Most belong to American Civil War (6).

Battle of SomersetFirst Battle of PetersburgBattle of Fort PulaskiFirst Battle of Fort WagnerSecond Battle of Fort WagnerSecond Battle of Charleston HarborSecond Battle of Fort SumterBattle of Fort PulaskiFirst Battle of Fort WagnerSecond Battle of Fort WagnerSecond Battle of Charleston HarborSecond Battle of Fort SumterAtlantaRaleighNorfolkNashvilleRichmondKnoxvilleColumbiaMontgomerySavannahWilmington500 km34.616N, 80.990W
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1862: 1 engagements1863: 5 engagements5 in 18631864: 1 engagements18621864
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Fort Pulaski, 1862Battle of Somerset, 1863First Battle of Fort Wagner, 1863Second Battle of Fort Wagner, 1863Second Battle of Charleston Harbor, 1863Second Battle of Fort Sumter, 1863First Battle of Petersburg, 186418621864
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1862Battle of Fort PulaskiChatham County, Georgia, United StatesUnion victory
31 March 1863Battle of SomersetSomerset, Kentucky, United States660 km NWUnion victory
10 July 1863First Battle of Fort WagnerCharleston, South Carolina, United States650 km SEConfederate 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
8 September 1863Second Battle of Fort SumterCharleston, South Carolina, United States0 km NConfederate victory
9 June 1864First Battle of PetersburgPetersburg, Virginia, United States544 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, UnknownUnknown , poss. Mathew Brady, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.