Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Horatio Gates

Battles of Horatio Gates

American general in the American Revolutionary War (1727–1806)

Horatio Gates is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1750 and 1780: 4 battles across 2 present-day countries, most in United States (3), Canada (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,952 km apart end to end, 651 km between engagements on average. Most belong to American Revolutionary War (3), Father Le Loutre's War (1).

Battle at ChignectoBattle of Freeman's FarmBattles of SaratogaBattle of CamdenBattle at ChignectoBattle of Freeman's FarmBattles of SaratogaBattle of CamdenChicagoTorontoAtlantaPhiladelphiaBostonDetroitMontréalClevelandPittsburghCincinnati1000 km40.141N, 72.390W
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1750: 1 engagements1777: 2 engagements2 in 17771780: 1 engagements17501780
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle at Chignecto, 1750Battle of Freeman's Farm, 1777Battles of Saratoga, 1777Battle of Camden, 178017501780
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
3 September 1750Battle at ChignectoIsthmus of Chignecto, CanadaBritish victory
19 September 1777Battle of Freeman's FarmStillwater, New York, United States818 km WAmerican 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...
16 August 1780Battle of CamdenCamden, South Carolina, United States1,134 km SWBritish 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, Gilbert Stuart, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.