Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of John C. Pemberton

Battles of John C. Pemberton

Confederate Army officer (1814–1881)

John C. Pemberton is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1862 and 1863: 4 battles and 1 siege, all in present-day United States. Taken in date order, the sites lie 492 km apart end to end, 123 km between engagements on average. Most belong to American Civil War (5).

Battle of Chickasaw BayouBattle of PonchatoulaBattle of Port GibsonBattle of Champion HillSiege of VicksburgBattle of Chickasaw BayouBattle of PonchatoulaBattle of Port GibsonBattle of Champion HillSiege of VicksburgNew OrleansBaton RougeShreveportMobileLafayetteAlexandriaBiloxiMonroeGulfportHattiesburg200 km31.422N, 90.732W
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1862: 1 engagements1863: 4 engagements4 in 186318621863
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, 1862Battle of Ponchatoula, 1863Battle of Port Gibson, 1863Battle of Champion Hill, 1863Siege of Vicksburg, 186318621863
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1862Battle of Chickasaw BayouVicksburg, Mississippi, United StatesConfederate victory
1863Battle of PonchatoulaPonchatoula, Louisiana, United States222 km SConfederate victory
1 May 1863Battle of Port GibsonClaiborne County, Mississippi, United States177 km NUnion victory
16 May 1863Battle of Champion HillHinds County, Mississippi, United States62 km NEUnion victory
18 May 1863Siege of VicksburgVicksburg, Mississippi, United States30 km WUnion 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, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.