Atlas of Battles

commander, 15 engagements

Battles of Nathaniel P. Banks

Battles of Nathaniel P. Banks

American politician of Massachusetts and general of the Union Army (1816-1894)

Nathaniel P. Banks is recorded as a commander at 15 placed engagements in the atlas between 1862 and 1864: 14 battles and 1 siege, all in present-day United States. Taken in date order, the sites lie 3,693 km apart end to end, 264 km between engagements on average. Most belong to American Civil War (15).

Battle of PonchatoulaBattle of Fort BislandBattle of Irish BendBattle of Vermillion BayouBattle of BrownsvilleBattle of Mustang IslandBattle of Pleasant HillBattle of Monett's FerryBattle of MansuraBattle of Yellow BayouShenandoah Valley CampaignFirst Battle of WinchesterBattle of Cedar MountainSiege of Port HudsonBattle of MansfieldShenandoah Valley CampaignFirst Battle of WinchesterBattle of Cedar MountainSiege of Port HudsonBattle of MansfieldMiamiAtlantaHoustonMonterreyDenverPhiladelphiaDallasTampaSt. LouisNew Orleans1000 km32.540N, 87.781W
15 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1862: 3 engagements1863: 7 engagements7 in 18631864: 5 engagements18621864
15 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Shenandoah Valley Campaign, 1862First Battle of Winchester, 1862Battle of Cedar Mountain, 1862Battle of Ponchatoula, 1863Battle of Fort Bisland, 1863Battle of Irish Bend, 1863Battle of Vermillion Bayou, 1863Siege of Port Hudson, 1863Battle of Brownsville, 1863Battle of Mustang Island, 1863Battle of Mansfield, 1864Battle of Pleasant Hill, 1864Battle of Monett's Ferry, 1864Battle of Mansura, 1864Battle of Yellow Bayou, 186418621864
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1862Shenandoah Valley CampaignShenandoah Valley, Virginia, United StatesConfederate victory
25 May 1862First Battle of WinchesterFrederick County, Virginia, United States73 km NEConfederate victory
9 August 1862Battle of Cedar MountainCulpeper County, Virginia, United States87 km SConfederate victory
1863Battle of PonchatoulaPonchatoula, Louisiana, United States1,437 km SWConfederate victory
12 April 1863Battle of Fort BislandSt. Mary Parish, Louisiana, United States119 km SWUnion victory
14 April 1863Battle of Irish BendSt. Mary Parish, Louisiana, United States16 km NWUnion victory
17 April 1863Battle of Vermillion BayouLafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States68 km NWUnion victory
21 May 1863Siege of Port HudsonEast Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States90 km NEUnion victory
2 November 1863Battle of BrownsvilleBrownsville, Texas, United States809 km SWUnion victory
17 November 1863Battle of Mustang IslandMustang Island, Texas, United States207 km NUnion victory
8 April 1864Battle of MansfieldDeSoto Parish, Louisiana, United States581 km NEConfederate victory
9 April 1864Battle of Pleasant HillDeSoto Parish, Louisiana, United States23 km SESee Aftermath
23 April 1864Battle of Monett's FerryNatchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States74 km SEUnion victory
16 May 1864Battle of MansuraMansura, Louisiana, United States91 km SEUnion victory
18 May 1864Battle of Yellow BayouAvoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States18 km EUnion 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 / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.