Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Ranald Slidell Mackenzie

Battles of Ranald Slidell Mackenzie

Union army general (1840-1889)

Ranald Slidell Mackenzie is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1867 and 1876: 4 battles and 1 campaign, all in present-day United States. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,709 km apart end to end, 427 km between engagements on average. Most belong to American Indian Wars (3), Red River War (1), Great Sioux War of 1876 (1).

Comanche CampaignBattle of Blanco CanyonBattle of the North Fork of the Red RiverBattle of Palo Duro CanyonDull Knife FightComanche CampaignBattle of Blanco CanyonBattle of the North Fork of the Red RiverBattle of Palo Duro CanyonDull Knife FightChicagoHoustonDenverDallasPhoenixSan DiegoSt. LouisNew OrleansLas VegasMilwaukee1000 km37.270N, 103.769W
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1867: 1 engagements1 in 18671871: 1 engagements1 in 18711872: 1 engagements1 in 18721874: 1 engagements1 in 18741876: 1 engagements1 in 187618671876
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Comanche Campaign, 1867Battle of Blanco Canyon, 1871Battle of the North Fork of the Red River, 1872Battle of Palo Duro Canyon, 1874Dull Knife Fight, 187618671876
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1867Comanche CampaignTexas, United StatesUnited States victory; Comanche surrender and relocation
10 October 1871Battle of Blanco CanyonTexas, United States316 km NInconclusive, Comanche village escapes capture
28 September 1872Battle of the North Fork of the Red RiverTexas, United States200 km NU.S. victory
28 September 1874Battle of Palo Duro CanyonPalo Duro Canyon, Texas, United States104 km SWUnited States victory
25 November 1876Dull Knife FightWyoming Territory, Wyoming, United States1,090 km NWUnited States 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, from english wikipedia, uploaded by GhostPirate from [1], Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.