Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Ranald Slidell Mackenzie

Battles of Ranald Slidell Mackenzie

Union army general (1840-1889)

Ranald Slidell Mackenzie is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1871 and 1876: 4 battles, all in present-day United States. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,393 km apart end to end, 464 km between engagements on average. Most belong to American Indian Wars (2), Red River War (1), Great Sioux War of 1876 (1).

Battle of Blanco CanyonBattle of the North Fork of the Red RiverBattle of Palo Duro CanyonDull Knife FightBattle of Blanco CanyonBattle of the North Fork of the Red RiverBattle of Palo Duro CanyonDull Knife FightDenverDallasPhoenixSan DiegoLas VegasSalt Lake CityOmahaDes MoinesBoiseSanta Fe500 km38.603N, 104.106W
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1871: 1 engagements1 in 18711872: 1 engagements1 in 18721874: 1 engagements1 in 18741876: 1 engagements1 in 187618711876
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Blanco Canyon, 1871Battle of the North Fork of the Red River, 1872Battle of Palo Duro Canyon, 1874Dull Knife Fight, 187618711876
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
10 October 1871Battle of Blanco CanyonTexas, United StatesInconclusive, Comanche village escapes capture
28 September 1872Battle of the North Fork of the Red RiverTexas, United States200 km NU.S. victory
28 September 1874Battle of Palo Duro CanyonPalo Duro Canyon, Texas, United States104 km SWUnited States victory
25 November 1876Dull Knife FightWyoming Territory, Wyoming, United States1,090 km NWUnited 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, from english wikipedia, uploaded by GhostPirate from [1], Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.