Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Thomas C. Hindman

Battles of Thomas C. Hindman

American politician and Confederate States Army general in the Civil War (1828–1868)

Thomas C. Hindman is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1862 and 1863: 4 battles, all in present-day United States. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,173 km apart end to end, 391 km between engagements on average. Most belong to American Civil War (4).

Battle of Cotton PlantBattle of Prairie GroveVan Buren raidBattle of Davis's Cross RoadsBattle of Cotton PlantBattle of Prairie GroveVan Buren raidBattle of Davis's Cross RoadsNashvilleBirminghamLittle RockChattanoogaSpringfieldClarksvilleTuscaloosaMurfreesboroTexarkanaJoplin200 km35.369N, 89.857W
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1862: 3 engagements3 in 18621863: 1 engagements18621863
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Cotton Plant, 1862Battle of Prairie Grove, 1862Van Buren raid, 1862Battle of Davis's Cross Roads, 186318621863
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
7 July 1862Battle of Cotton PlantWoodruff County, Arkansas, United StatesUnion victory
7 December 1862Battle of Prairie GroveWashington County, Arkansas, United States293 km WUnion victory
28 December 1862Van Buren raidVan Buren, Arkansas, United States60 km SUnion victory
10 September 1863Battle of Davis's Cross RoadsDade County, Georgia, United States820 km EInconclusive

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, unattributed, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.