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The Trent Affair nearly led to war between Great Britain and USA. Lincoln quickly used his polite manners and humbly apologized for the whole thing and reminded his people to fight one war at time (in NE there was actually an outbreak of uber patriotism wanting to take on both the British and the rebels)

A lot of Trent timelines talk about the outbreak of open war.

OK, that's very interesting and all, but I'm going to go for a different AH with no open war

Timeline

Captain Wilkes catches up to RMS Trent on November 8, 1861. His orders to his crew are to capture "Mr. Mason, Mr. Slidell, Mr. Eustice, any companions, and possesions." US Marines board the Trent and size the men. I don't know why he thought a Eustice would be there (In OTL it was just Mason and Slidell) but let's say he was. An Austrian passenger (Trent seemed to carry passangers and mail) from Havana to England) was seen consorting with the diplomats and also gets arrested. Werp...
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