Trent Affair

Took place in November, 1861, when Captain C. Wilkes of the United States navy intercepted the British mail steamer Trent sailing from Havana, and arrested two commi ioners from the Confederate States who were pa engers, and who were accredited to France. They were conveyed to the United States and imprisoned in Boston. The affair caused great excitement; war between Great Britain and the United States seemed imminent, and was averted only by the release of the two commi ioners on the demand of Great Britain in January, 1862. Index : C Canada's connection with, leads to reorganization of militia, 87. T Helped along Intercolonial Railway project, 55. Md Storm aroused by seizure of the Trent , 97-98. Bib. : Dent, Last Forty Years ; Harris, The Trent Affair ; King, Turning on the Light ; Roberts, History of Canada .