Atlas of Battles

commander, 9 engagements

Battles of Richard Taylor

Battles of Richard Taylor

Confederate general (1826-1879)

Richard Taylor is recorded as a commander at 9 placed engagements in the atlas between 1863 and 1865: 9 battles, all in present-day United States. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,031 km apart end to end, 129 km between engagements on average. Most belong to American Civil War (9).

Battle of Fort BislandBattle of Vermillion BayouBattle of MansuraBattle of Yellow BayouBattle of Irish BendBattle of MansfieldBattle of Pleasant HillBattle of Monett's FerryBattle of SelmaBattle of Irish BendBattle of MansfieldBattle of Pleasant HillBattle of Monett's FerryBattle of SelmaNew OrleansJacksonBaton RougeShreveportMobilePensacolaLafayetteAlexandriaBiloxiVicksburg200 km31.068N, 90.340W
9 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1863: 3 engagements1864: 5 engagements5 in 18641865: 1 engagements18631865
9 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Fort Bisland, 1863Battle of Irish Bend, 1863Battle of Vermillion Bayou, 1863Battle of Mansfield, 1864Battle of Pleasant Hill, 1864Battle of Monett's Ferry, 1864Battle of Mansura, 1864Battle of Yellow Bayou, 1864Battle of Selma, 186518631865
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
12 April 1863Battle of Fort BislandSt. Mary Parish, Louisiana, United StatesUnion 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
8 April 1864Battle of MansfieldDeSoto Parish, Louisiana, United States256 km NWConfederate 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
2 April 1865Battle of SelmaDallas County, Alabama, United States486 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, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.