- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- Josiah Tattnall letter to Henry C. Wayne 1861 February 10
- Creator:
- Tattnall, Josiah, 1795-1871
- Publisher:
- Josiah Tattnall letter to Henry C. Wayne, MS 3602. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.
- Date of Original:
- 1861-02-10
- Subject:
- Secession--Georgia
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- correspondence
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
image/x-djvu - Description:
- This letter consists of letter from Josiah Tattnall to General Henry C. Wayne that conveys Tattnall's intent to travel to Washington, D.C. to resign his post as Commodore of the U.S. Navy, in response to Georgia's vote to secede from the union, and to immediately return to Georgia to join the state navy. After many battles as a flag office of the Confederate Navy, Tattnall was later captured by Sherman in Savannah in late 1864.
Commodore Josiah Tattnall(1794-1871) was an officer in the United States Navy during the War of 1812, the Second Barbary War, and the Mexican-American War. He later served in the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War. He commanded the naval station at Sackett's Harbor on Lake Ontario at the time of this letter.
America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia received support from a Digitizing Historical Records grant awarded to the Atlanta History Center, Georgia Historical Society, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and the Digital Library of Georgia by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_turningpoint_harg3602-001-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/harg/turningpoint/do:harg3602-001-001
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: Josiah Tattnall letter to Henry C. Wayne, MS 3602. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries., as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
