The Trent affair: including a review of English and American relations at the beginning of the Civil War

In 1861, the seizure of Confederate diplomats from the British ship RMS Trent nearly triggered war between the United States and Great Britain during America's darkest hour. Harris meticulously examines this forgotten diplomatic crisis that tested Lincoln's administration and threatened to reshape the Civil War's outcome. This historical analysis reveals how a single incident aboard a British vessel could have fundamentally altered American history.