Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Wesley Merritt

Battles of Wesley Merritt

Union Army general (1836–1910)

Wesley Merritt is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1864 and 1898: 5 battles across 2 present-day countries, most in United States (4), Philippines (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 14,815 km apart end to end, 3,704 km between engagements on average. Most belong to American Civil War (2), Great Sioux War of 1876 (1), Spanish–American War (1).

Battle of Smithfield CrossingThe Burning RaidBattle of Warbonnet CreekBattle of Milk CreekBattle of ManilaBattle of Smithfield CrossingThe Burning RaidBattle of ManilaŌsakaChicagoLimaTehranKinshasaTaipeiBengaluruMiamiMadridBaghdad5000 km28.756N, 6.655E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1864: 2 engagements2 in 18641876: 1 engagements1879: 1 engagements1898: 1 engagements18641898
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Smithfield Crossing, 1864The Burning Raid, 1864Battle of Warbonnet Creek, 1876Battle of Milk Creek, 1879Battle of Manila, 189818641898
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
25 August 1864Battle of Smithfield CrossingJefferson County, West Virginia, United StatesInconclusive; Tactical stalemate; Confederate advance...
1864The Burning RaidVirginia, United States33 km SEUnion victory
17 July 1876Battle of Warbonnet CreekSioux County, Nebraska, United States2,216 km WUnited States victory
29 September 1879Battle of Milk CreekColorado, United States448 km SW
13 August 1898Battle of ManilaManila, Philippines12,119 km NWFilipino-American 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, http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpb.05807, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.