- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Josiah Tattnall
- Publisher:
- Evans, Lawton B. A History of Georgia for Use in Schools. New York: American Book Co., 1908.
- Date of Original:
- 1795/1871
- Subject:
- Confederate States of America. Navy--Officers
United States. Navy--Officers
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners of war
Tattnall, Josiah, 1795-1871 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
- Medium:
- drawings (visual works)
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- As a U.S. naval officer, Josiah Tattnall traveled around the world during the 1840s and 1850s. After the Civil War began, he was commissioned as a captain in the Confederate navy, with command of the Georgia and South Carolina coasts.
Image of a sketch of Josiah Tattnall Jr. He is depicted with a beard and collar-length hair. He faces left. Tattnall was a long-serving American naval officer and a noteworthy figure during the Civil War (1861-65). He was born at Bonaventure Plantation, near Savannah, on November 9, 1795, to Harriet Fenwick and Josiah Tattnall Sr., a Georgia senator and governor. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/josiah-tattnall-1795-1871/m-4690/
- Rights Holder:
- From A History of Georgia for Use in Schools, by L. B. Evans
Image from U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph - Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/josiah-tattnall-1795-1871
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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