47: Bull Run, Trent Affair, the Merrimack, & Fort Donelson: The Early Days of the Civil War
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The Trent Affair
When Britain hears that its ship was boarded and searched two of its legitimate passengers were forcibly removed, the gloves come off. Captain Lincoln is on board with the arrests, but this national drunken euphoria soon comes crashing down. William Seward finds a way out of this mess without the president having to humiliate himself through an empty apology. The Trent Affair may have fizzled out, but the war for control of the Confederacy's eastern shore is just ramping up.
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