Atlas of Battles

commander, 13 engagements

Battles of Stonewall Jackson

Battles of Stonewall Jackson

general of the Confederate Army in the American Civil War, 1824 to 1863

Stonewall Jackson is recorded as a commander at 13 placed engagements in the atlas between 1861 and 1862: 13 battles, all in present-day United States. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,044 km apart end to end, 87 km between engagements on average. Most belong to American Civil War (13).

Battle of Hoke's RunBattle of McDowellBattle of Front RoyalFirst Battle of WinchesterBattle of Port RepublicBattle of White Oak SwampManassas Station OperationsBattle of ShepherdstownShenandoah Valley CampaignFirst Battle of KernstownBattle of Cedar MountainBattle of ChantillyBattle of Harpers FerryShenandoah Valley CampaignFirst Battle of KernstownBattle of Cedar MountainBattle of ChantillyBattle of Harpers FerryRichmondLynchburgCharlottesvilleYorkRoanokeWilmingtonFredericksburgMorgantownBeckleyCumberland200 km38.496N, 78.343W
13 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1861: 1 engagements1862: 12 engagements12 in 186218611862
13 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Hoke's Run, 1861Shenandoah Valley Campaign, 1862First Battle of Kernstown, 1862Battle of McDowell, 1862Battle of Front Royal, 1862First Battle of Winchester, 1862Battle of Port Republic, 1862Battle of White Oak Swamp, 1862Battle of Cedar Mountain, 1862Manassas Station Operations, 1862Battle of Chantilly, 1862Battle of Harpers Ferry, 1862Battle of Shepherdstown, 186218611862
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
2 July 1861Battle of Hoke's RunBerkeley County, West Virginia, United StatesUnion victory
1862Shenandoah Valley CampaignShenandoah Valley, Virginia, United States117 km SWConfederate victory
23 March 1862First Battle of KernstownFrederick County, Virginia, United States68 km NEUnion victory (See aftermath)
8 May 1862Battle of McDowellHighland County, Virginia, United States143 km SWConfederate victory
23 May 1862Battle of Front RoyalWarren County, Virginia, United States131 km NEConfederate victory
25 May 1862First Battle of WinchesterFrederick County, Virginia, United States27 km NConfederate victory
9 June 1862Battle of Port RepublicRockingham County, Virginia, United States111 km SWConfederate victory
30 June 1862Battle of White Oak SwampHenrico County, Virginia, United States167 km SEInconclusive
9 August 1862Battle of Cedar MountainCulpeper County, Virginia, United States128 km NWConfederate victory
25 August 1862Manassas Station OperationsPrince William County, Virginia, United States58 km NEConfederate victory
1 September 1862Battle of ChantillyFairfax County, Virginia, United States21 km NEConfederate victory
12 September 1862Battle of Harpers FerryJefferson County, Virginia, United States60 km NWConfederate victory
19 September 1862Battle of ShepherdstownJefferson County, West Virginia, United States12 km NConfederate 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, http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/235_poij.html (U.S. Library of Congress) A differently cropped and somewhat different r, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.