Josiah Tattnall III

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Confederate States Navy officer United States Navy officer naval officer person

Josiah Tattnall III was a United States Navy officer who later served as a Confederate naval commander during the American Civil War.

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Josiah Tattnall 2
Josiah Tattnall III canonical 2

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Confederate States Navy officer ⓘ
United States Navy officer ⓘ
naval officer ⓘ
person ⓘ
allegiance Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
appointedAs midshipman in the United States Navy ⓘ
appointmentDate 1812-01-01 ⓘ
birthDate 1795-11-09 ⓘ
birthPlace Savannah, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
commanded CSS Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Confederate naval forces at Savannah ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1871-06-14 ⓘ
deathPlace Savannah, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
education United States Navy midshipman training ⓘ
ethnicGroup American of English descent ⓘ
familyName Tattnall NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName Josiah Tattnall III NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName Josiah NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRelative Josiah Tattnall II NERFINISHED ⓘ
joined Confederate States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor controversial decision to scuttle CSS Virginia in 1862 ⓘ
service in both the United States Navy and the Confederate States Navy ⓘ
militaryBranch Confederate States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
militaryRank captain ⓘ
flag officer ⓘ
notableWork command of CSS Virginia (ex-USS Merrimack) in 1862 ⓘ
command of Confederate naval defenses of Savannah ⓘ
participatedIn American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mexican–American War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Second Barbary War NERFINISHED ⓘ
War of 1812 NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfBurial Bonaventure Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ
Savannah, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld commander of the Gosport Navy Yard defenses (Confederate) ⓘ
resignationDate 1861-02-21 ⓘ
resignedFrom United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
servedIn Home Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mediterranean Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pacific Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Battle of Port Royal → commanderConfederate → Josiah Tattnall III ⓘ
Tattnall County → namedAfter → Josiah Tattnall III ⓘ
this entity surface form: Josiah Tattnall
Confederate States Navy → notableCommander → Josiah Tattnall III ⓘ
Bonaventure Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → Josiah Tattnall III ⓘ
this entity surface form: Josiah Tattnall