Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Daniel Morgan

Battles of Daniel Morgan

American pioneer, soldier, and politician (1736-1802)

Daniel Morgan is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1775 and 1781: 4 battles across 2 present-day countries, most in United States (3), Canada (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,588 km apart end to end, 529 km between engagements on average. Most belong to American Revolutionary War (4).

Battle of QuebecBattle of Freeman's FarmBattles of SaratogaBattle of CowpensBattle of QuebecBattle of Freeman's FarmBattles of SaratogaBattle of CowpensChicagoTorontoPhiladelphiaBostonDetroitMontréalSt. LouisClevelandPittsburghCincinnati1000 km40.976N, 76.509W
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1775: 1 engagements1777: 2 engagements2 in 17771781: 1 engagements17751781
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Quebec, 1775Battle of Freeman's Farm, 1777Battles of Saratoga, 1777Battle of Cowpens, 178117751781
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
31 December 1775Battle of QuebecQuebec City, CanadaBritish victory
19 September 1777Battle of Freeman's FarmStillwater, New York, United States466 km SWAmerican victory; Freeman's Farm: British victory; Bemis...
7 October 1777Battles of SaratogaStillwater, New York, United States0 km NAmerican victory; Freeman's Farm: British victory; Bemis...
17 January 1781Battle of CowpensCowpens, South Carolina, United States1,123 km SWAmerican 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, Charles Willson Peale, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.