Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Matthew C. Perry

Battles of Matthew C. Perry

American naval officer (1794–1858)

Matthew C. Perry is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1846 and 1847: 5 battles and 1 siege, all in present-day Mexico. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,304 km apart end to end, 261 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Mexican-American War (6).

Second Battle of TuxpanFirst Battle of TabascoBlockade of VeracruzSiege of VeracruzSecond Battle of TabascoFirst Battle of TuxpanFirst Battle of TabascoBlockade of VeracruzSiege of VeracruzSecond Battle of TabascoFirst Battle of TuxpanPueblaPachucaCoatzacoalcosPoza Rica de HidalgoTehuacanCórdobaTeziutlánCiudad del CarmenTamazunchaleHuajuapan de León200 km19.473N, 95.168W
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1846: 2 engagements1847: 4 engagements4 in 184718461847
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

First Battle of Tabasco, 1846Blockade of Veracruz, 1846Siege of Veracruz, 1847Second Battle of Tabasco, 1847First Battle of Tuxpan, 1847Second Battle of Tuxpan, 184718461847
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1846First Battle of TabascoVillahermosa, MexicoMexican victory
1846Blockade of VeracruzVeracruz, Mexico365 km WUnited States victory
1847Siege of VeracruzVeracruz, Mexico0 km NAmerican victory
1847Second Battle of TabascoVillahermosa, Mexico365 km EU.S. victory
1847First Battle of TuxpanTúxpam de Rodríguez Cano, Mexico574 km NWUnited States victory
1847Second Battle of TuxpanTúxpam de Rodríguez Cano, Mexico0 km NUnited States 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, Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.