Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Cornplanter

Battles of Cornplanter

Seneca war chief (1752-1836), 1732 to 1836

Cornplanter is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1763 and 1780: 6 battles and 1 siege, all in present-day United States. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,074 km apart end to end, 179 km between engagements on average. Most belong to American Revolutionary War (6), Seven Years' War (1).

Battle of Devil's HoleBattle of Klock's FieldSiege of Fort StanwixBattle of OriskanyBattle of WyomingCherry Valley massacreBattle of NewtownSiege of Fort StanwixBattle of OriskanyBattle of WyomingCherry Valley massacreBattle of NewtownTorontoBuffaloRochesterSyracuseAlbanyHamiltonIthacaNiagara FallsSchenectadyJamestown200 km42.266N, 76.877W
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1763: 1 engagements1777: 2 engagements2 in 17771778: 2 engagements2 in 17781779: 1 engagements1780: 1 engagements17631780
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Devil's Hole, 1763Siege of Fort Stanwix, 1777Battle of Oriskany, 1777Battle of Wyoming, 1778Cherry Valley massacre, 1778Battle of Newtown, 1779Battle of Klock's Field, 178017631780
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
14 September 1763Battle of Devil's HoleNew York, United StatesSeneca victory
1777Siege of Fort StanwixFort Stanwix, New York, United States291 km EAmerican victory
6 August 1777Battle of OriskanyNew York, United States8 km SEBritish victory
3 July 1778Battle of WyomingWyoming Valley, Pennsylvania, United States210 km SLoyalist-Haudenosaunee victory
11 November 1778Cherry Valley massacreCherry Valley, New York, United States186 km NEAnglo-Haudenosaunee victory
29 August 1779Battle of NewtownChemung County, New York, United States182 km SWAmerican victory
19 October 1780Battle of Klock's FieldSt. Johnsville, New York, United States197 km NEInconclusive

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, F. Bartoli, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.