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See also:JOSIAH See also:TATTNALL (1795-1871) , See also:American See also:naval officer, was See also:born near See also:Savannah, and was educated in See also:England . He entered the See also:United States See also:navy in 1812, and was actively employed till the beginning of the See also:Civil See also:War . He may be said to have gained a See also:world-wide reputation by his use of the phrase " See also:blood is thicker than See also:water " to justify his intervention on behalf of the See also:British See also:squadron engaged in the operations against the Peiho Forts . See also:Tattnall's See also:flagship the Toeywan had grounded shortly before, and had been helped off by the British squadron . He was in the Peiho See also:river when the unsuccessful attack of the 25th of See also:June 1859 was made . Tattnall not only brought the Toeywan under See also:fire, but See also:lent the aid of his boats to See also:land detachments to turn the See also: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 with the Federal squadron in See also:Hampton Roads . The Confederate States were never able to See also:form a See also:sea-going squadron, and Tattnall had no See also: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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