Trent Affair
November 8, 1861
A U.S. Navy ship stopped the British mail ship Trent and seized two Confederate envoys. Britain threatened war, and the Lincoln administration released the envoys to end the crisis.
Trent AffairNovember 8, 1861
A U.S. Navy ship stopped the British mail ship Trent and seized two Confederate envoys. Britain threatened war, and the Lincoln administration released the envoys to end the crisis.
