#84 BLUE & GRAY FOREIGN RELATIONS (Part the Second): THE TRENT AFFAIR

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#84 BLUE & GRAY FOREIGN RELATIONS (Part the Second): THE TRENT AFFAIR

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Aug 17, 2014

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In which we continue our discussion of Union and Confederate diplomacy during the Civil War by looking at the Trent Affair, which took the U.S. and Britain to the brink of war.

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Aug 17, 2014

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#33 FORT SUMTER (Part the Third): In which we continue our discussion of the escalating crisis over the possession of Fort Sumter. by The Civil War & Reconstruction
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#24 "REBELLION THUS SUGAR-COATED": In which we continue our discussion by asking if the southern states had a right to secede, or if secession was rebellion. Then, we look at the message the secession commissioners spread throughout the South in late 1860/early 1861. Our book... by The Civil War & Reconstruction
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#84 BLUE & GRAY FOREIGN RELATIONS (Part the Second): THE TRENT AFFAIR

#84 BLUE & GRAY FOREIGN RELATIONS (Part the Second): THE TRENT AFFAIR

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