Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Zachary Taylor

Battles of Zachary Taylor

president of the United States from 1849 to 1850, 1784 to 1850

Zachary Taylor is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1812 and 1847: 4 battles and 2 sieges across 2 present-day countries, most in United States (4), Mexico (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 4,107 km apart end to end, 821 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Mexican-American War (4), War of 1812 (1), Second Seminole War (1).

Battle of Lake OkeechobeeSiege of Fort HarrisonBattle of MonterreyBattle of Palo AltoBattle of Resaca de la PalmaBattle of Buena VistaSiege of Fort HarrisonBattle of Palo AltoBattle of Resaca de la PalmaBattle of Buena VistaMiamiAtlantaHoustonDenverPhiladelphiaDallasTampaSt. LouisNew OrleansPittsburgh1000 km32.423N, 90.916W
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1812: 1 engagements1837: 1 engagements1846: 3 engagements3 in 18461847: 1 engagements18121847
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Fort Harrison, 1812Battle of Lake Okeechobee, 1837Battle of Monterrey, 1846Battle of Palo Alto, 1846Battle of Resaca de la Palma, 1846Battle of Buena Vista, 184718121847
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1812Siege of Fort HarrisonTerre Haute, Indiana, United StatesAmerican victory
25 December 1837Battle of Lake OkeechobeeLake Okeechobee, Florida, United States1,498 km SESeminole victory; Zachary Taylor's army retreats back to...
1846Battle of MonterreyMonterrey, Mexico1,949 km WAmerican victory
8 May 1846Battle of Palo AltoBrownsville, Texas, United States287 km EAmerican victory; Retreat of Mexican Army south to near the...
9 May 1846Battle of Resaca de la PalmaTexas, United States9 km SAmerican victory; Retreat of Mexican Army to south of the...
1847Battle of Buena VistaMexico363 km WInconclusive

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