Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of William Henry Harrison

Battles of William Henry Harrison

president of the United States in 1841 (1773–1841)

William Henry Harrison is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1811 and 1813: 2 battles and 2 sieges across 2 present-day countries, most in United States (3), Canada (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 473 km apart end to end, 158 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War of 1812 (3).

Battle of TippecanoeSiege of Fort WayneSiege of Fort MeigsBattle of the ThamesBattle of TippecanoeSiege of Fort WayneSiege of Fort MeigsBattle of the ThamesDetroitClevelandLansingCantonAkronGaryGrand RapidsAnn ArborKalamazooMuncie200 km41.534N, 84.388W
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1811: 1 engagements1812: 1 engagements1813: 2 engagements2 in 181318111813
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Tippecanoe, 1811Siege of Fort Wayne, 1812Siege of Fort Meigs, 1813Battle of the Thames, 181318111813
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
7 November 1811Battle of TippecanoeBattle Ground, Indiana, United StatesUnited States victory
5 September 1812Siege of Fort WayneFort Wayne, Indiana, United States157 km NEAmerican victory
28 April 1813Siege of Fort MeigsFort Meigs, Ohio, United States135 km NEAmerican victory
5 October 1813Battle of the ThamesChatham-Kent, Canada181 km NEAmerican 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, James Lambdin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.