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I just read about an almost-war that took place on the San Juan Islands near Vancouver in 1859. Apparently, British and American soldiers almost shot at each other over an Irishman's pig.

Really.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_War

So, WI an actual battle resulted and somehow this becomes a full-scale war between an America on the verge of civil war and the British Empire?
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