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Craney Island (Virginia, United States) (search for this): entry tatnall-josiah
Tatnall, Josiah -1871
Naval officer; born near Savannah, Ga., Nov. 9, 1796; entered the United States navy in 1812; rose to captain in 1850; first served in the frigate Constellation, and assisted in the repulse of the British at Craney Island in 1813.
He afterwards served under Perry and Porter, and was engaged on the Mexican coast during the war against Mexico.
He entered the Confederate service; improvised a flotilla known as the Mosquito Fleet, and attempted to defend Port Royal Sound against Dupont.
He commanded at Norfolk when the Merrimac was destroyed, and the Mosquito Fleet at Savannah.
He died in Savannah, Ga., June 14, 1871.
Norfolk (Virginia, United States) (search for this): entry tatnall-josiah
Tatnall, Josiah -1871
Naval officer; born near Savannah, Ga., Nov. 9, 1796; entered the United States navy in 1812; rose to captain in 1850; first served in the frigate Constellation, and assisted in the repulse of the British at Craney Island in 1813.
He afterwards served under Perry and Porter, and was engaged on the Mexican coast during the war against Mexico.
He entered the Confederate service; improvised a flotilla known as the Mosquito Fleet, and attempted to defend Port Royal Sound against Dupont.
He commanded at Norfolk when the Merrimac was destroyed, and the Mosquito Fleet at Savannah.
He died in Savannah, Ga., June 14, 1871.
Port Royal Sound (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): entry tatnall-josiah
Tatnall, Josiah -1871
Naval officer; born near Savannah, Ga., Nov. 9, 1796; entered the United States navy in 1812; rose to captain in 1850; first served in the frigate Constellation, and assisted in the repulse of the British at Craney Island in 1813.
He afterwards served under Perry and Porter, and was engaged on the Mexican coast during the war against Mexico.
He entered the Confederate service; improvised a flotilla known as the Mosquito Fleet, and attempted to defend Port Royal Sound against Dupont.
He commanded at Norfolk when the Merrimac was destroyed, and the Mosquito Fleet at Savannah.
He died in Savannah, Ga., June 14, 1871.
Mexico (Mexico, Mexico) (search for this): entry tatnall-josiah
Tatnall, Josiah -1871
Naval officer; born near Savannah, Ga., Nov. 9, 1796; entered the United States navy in 1812; rose to captain in 1850; first served in the frigate Constellation, and assisted in the repulse of the British at Craney Island in 1813.
He afterwards served under Perry and Porter, and was engaged on the Mexican coast during the war against Mexico.
He entered the Confederate service; improvised a flotilla known as the Mosquito Fleet, and attempted to defend Port Royal Sound against Dupont.
He commanded at Norfolk when the Merrimac was destroyed, and the Mosquito Fleet at Savannah.
He died in Savannah, Ga., June 14, 1871.
Savannah (Georgia, United States) (search for this): entry tatnall-josiah
Tatnall, Josiah -1871
Naval officer; born near Savannah, Ga., Nov. 9, 1796; entered the United States navy in 1812; rose to captain in 1850; first served in the frigate Constellation, and assisted in the repulse of the British at Craney Island in 1813.
He afterwards served under Perry and Porter, and was engaged on the Mexica the Mexican coast during the war against Mexico.
He entered the Confederate service; improvised a flotilla known as the Mosquito Fleet, and attempted to defend Port Royal Sound against Dupont.
He commanded at Norfolk when the Merrimac was destroyed, and the Mosquito Fleet at Savannah.
He died in Savannah, Ga., June 14, 1871. n the Mexican coast during the war against Mexico.
He entered the Confederate service; improvised a flotilla known as the Mosquito Fleet, and attempted to defend Port Royal Sound against Dupont.
He commanded at Norfolk when the Merrimac was destroyed, and the Mosquito Fleet at Savannah.
He died in Savannah, Ga., June 14, 1871.
Robert P. Porter (search for this): entry tatnall-josiah
Tatnall, Josiah -1871
Naval officer; born near Savannah, Ga., Nov. 9, 1796; entered the United States navy in 1812; rose to captain in 1850; first served in the frigate Constellation, and assisted in the repulse of the British at Craney Island in 1813.
He afterwards served under Perry and Porter, and was engaged on the Mexican coast during the war against Mexico.
He entered the Confederate service; improvised a flotilla known as the Mosquito Fleet, and attempted to defend Port Royal Sound against Dupont.
He commanded at Norfolk when the Merrimac was destroyed, and the Mosquito Fleet at Savannah.
He died in Savannah, Ga., June 14, 1871.
Benjamin F. Perry (search for this): entry tatnall-josiah
Tatnall, Josiah -1871
Naval officer; born near Savannah, Ga., Nov. 9, 1796; entered the United States navy in 1812; rose to captain in 1850; first served in the frigate Constellation, and assisted in the repulse of the British at Craney Island in 1813.
He afterwards served under Perry and Porter, and was engaged on the Mexican coast during the war against Mexico.
He entered the Confederate service; improvised a flotilla known as the Mosquito Fleet, and attempted to defend Port Royal Sound against Dupont.
He commanded at Norfolk when the Merrimac was destroyed, and the Mosquito Fleet at Savannah.
He died in Savannah, Ga., June 14, 1871.
S. F. Dupont (search for this): entry tatnall-josiah
Tatnall, Josiah -1871
Naval officer; born near Savannah, Ga., Nov. 9, 1796; entered the United States navy in 1812; rose to captain in 1850; first served in the frigate Constellation, and assisted in the repulse of the British at Craney Island in 1813.
He afterwards served under Perry and Porter, and was engaged on the Mexican coast during the war against Mexico.
He entered the Confederate service; improvised a flotilla known as the Mosquito Fleet, and attempted to defend Port Royal Sound against Dupont.
He commanded at Norfolk when the Merrimac was destroyed, and the Mosquito Fleet at Savannah.
He died in Savannah, Ga., June 14, 1871.
Josiah Tatnall (search for this): entry tatnall-josiah
Tatnall, Josiah -1871
Naval officer; born near Savannah, Ga., Nov. 9, 1796; entered the United States navy in 1812; rose to captain in 1850; first served in the frigate Constellation, and assisted in the repulse of the British at Craney Island in 1813.
He afterwards served under Perry and Porter, and was engaged on the Mexican coast during the war against Mexico.
He entered the Confederate service; improvised a flotilla known as the Mosquito Fleet, and attempted to defend Port Royal Sound against Dupont.
He commanded at Norfolk when the Merrimac was destroyed, and the Mosquito Fleet at Savannah.
He died in Savannah, Ga., June 14, 1871.
1813 AD (search for this): entry tatnall-josiah
Tatnall, Josiah -1871
Naval officer; born near Savannah, Ga., Nov. 9, 1796; entered the United States navy in 1812; rose to captain in 1850; first served in the frigate Constellation, and assisted in the repulse of the British at Craney Island in 1813.
He afterwards served under Perry and Porter, and was engaged on the Mexican coast during the war against Mexico.
He entered the Confederate service; improvised a flotilla known as the Mosquito Fleet, and attempted to defend Port Royal Sound against Dupont.
He commanded at Norfolk when the Merrimac was destroyed, and the Mosquito Fleet at Savannah.
He died in Savannah, Ga., June 14, 1871.