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Outrage on the British Flag

November 27, 2021 WalterCoffey

News of the U.S. seizure of Confederate envoys James Mason and John Slidell aboard the British steamer Trent officially reaches Great Britain, where it is met with immediate outrage.

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The Trent Affair

November 8, 2021 WalterCoffey

Captain Charles Wilkes of the U.S.S. San Jacinto halts the neutral British steamship R.M.S. Trent on the open sea and seizes two Confederate envoys under dubious circumstances.

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Keeping Quite Clear of the Conflict

October 16, 2021 WalterCoffey

The European powers entertain the possibility of recognizing Confederate independence, while France capitalizes on the war by invading Mexico.

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Foreign Recognition or Mediation

October 22, 2017 WalterCoffey

October 22, 1862 – The leaders of Great Britain expressed new reluctance to recognize Confederate independence, and Emperor Napoleon III of France proposed foreign mediation

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