Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Edmund Kirby Smith

Battles of Edmund Kirby Smith

Confederate States Army general (1824-1893)

Edmund Kirby Smith is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1862 and 1864: 4 battles, all in present-day United States. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,417 km apart end to end, 472 km between engagements on average. Most belong to American Civil War (4).

Battle of RichmondFirst Battle of ChattanoogaRed River campaignBattle of Jenkins' FerryBattle of RichmondFirst Battle of ChattanoogaRed River campaignBattle of Jenkins' FerryAtlantaMemphisNashvilleJacksonTulsaKnoxvilleShreveportMontgomery500 km34.848N, 88.962W
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1862: 2 engagements2 in 18621864: 2 engagements2 in 186418621864
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Richmond, 1862First Battle of Chattanooga, 1862Red River campaign, 1864Battle of Jenkins' Ferry, 186418621864
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1862Battle of RichmondRichmond, Kentucky, United StatesConfederate victory
7 June 1862First Battle of ChattanoogaChattanooga, Tennessee, United States306 km SUnion victory
1864Red River campaignNorth Louisiana, Louisiana, United States845 km WConfederate victory
30 April 1864Battle of Jenkins' FerrySaline County, Arkansas, United States266 km NEUnion 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, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.