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TATTNALL, JOSIAH (1795-1871)

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TATTNALL, JOSIAH (1795-1871)

TATTNALL, See also:
JOSIAH (Heb. yo' shiyydhu, perhaps " Yah [weh] supports ")
JOSIAH (1795-1871) , See also:

AMERICAN

American See also:

NAVAL

naval officer, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born near See also:

SAVANNAH

Savannah, and was educated in See also:

England. He entered the See also:

UNITED

United States See also:

NAVY

navy in 1812, and was actively employed till the beginning of the See also:

CIVIL

Civil See also:

War. He may be said to have gained a See also:

WORLD

world-wide reputation by his use of the phrase " See also:

BLOOD

blood is thicker than See also:

WATER

water " to justify his intervention on behalf of the See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

SQUADRON

squadron engaged in the operations against the Peiho Forts. Tattnall's See also:

FLAGSHIP

flagship the Toeywan had grounded shortly before, and had been helped off by the British squadron. He was in the Peiho See also:

RIVER

river when the unsuccessful attack of the 25th of See also:

JUNE

June 1859 was made. Tattnall not only brought the Toeywan under See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire, but See also:

LENT (0. Eng. lenclen, " spring," M. Eng. lenten, lente, lent; cf. Dut. lente, Ger. Lenz, " spring," 0. H. Ger. lenzin, lengizin, lenzo, probably from the same root as " long " and referring to " the lengthening days ")

lent the aid of his boats to See also:

LAND

land detachments to turn the See also:

CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese defences. When the Civil War began he took the See also:

side of the Confederacy. He was put in command of its naval forces when See also:

Franklin See also:

Buchanan resigned after he was wounded in the See also:

ACTION

action with the Federal squadron in See also:

Hampton Roads. The Confederate States were never able to See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form a See also:

sea-going squadron, and Tattnall had no See also:

CHANCE (through the O. Fr. cheance, from the Late Lat. cadentia, things happening, from cadere, to fall out, happen; cf. " case ")

chance to do more than make a struggle with insufficient resources on its See also:

rivers. He died on the 14th of June 1871.

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