Probably an overdone one, but I'll ask anyway. If it is overdone, I apologize
Assume, for one reason or another, that shooting breaks out between RMS Trent and USS San Jacinto, in which the Trent and her crew are killed. Perhaps Lt. Fairfax decides to bring an armed escort on board the Trent, which ends up lighting a metaphorical powderkeg.
Presumably, the unprovoked sinking of a British vessel by an American one would make OTL's Trent Affair look like a petty neighborhood dispute.
Would the British side with the Confederacy less out of love for the slavers and more for the desire for revenge? Could this break out into an Anglo-Confederate/American war? If so, how would such a war proceed?
Assume, for one reason or another, that shooting breaks out between RMS Trent and USS San Jacinto, in which the Trent and her crew are killed. Perhaps Lt. Fairfax decides to bring an armed escort on board the Trent, which ends up lighting a metaphorical powderkeg.
Presumably, the unprovoked sinking of a British vessel by an American one would make OTL's Trent Affair look like a petty neighborhood dispute.
Would the British side with the Confederacy less out of love for the slavers and more for the desire for revenge? Could this break out into an Anglo-Confederate/American war? If so, how would such a war proceed?