Mason and Slidell arrested... Civil War news...
Item # 708284
November 17, 1861
NEW YORK HERALD, Nov. 17, 1861
* Civil War era "Trent Affair"
* James Mason & John Slidell
Among front page column heads on the Civil War are: "HIGHLY IMPORTANT NEWS" "Arrest of Messrs. Slidell and Mason, the Rebel Commissioners to Europe" "NEWS FROM THE SOUTH" "Stampede of the Rebels in Savannah" "The Union Men of Tennessee Reported in Possession of Bristol" and more.
On November 8, the Yankees captured two Confederate envoys aboard the British mail ship, the Trent. Great Britain accused the United States of violating British neutrality, and the incident created a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Great Britain during the Civil War. The two envoys were James Mason, former Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and John Slidell, a prominent New Orleans lawyer, sent by Jeff. Davis to secure British and French recognition of the Confederate States as a sovereign nation. Eight pages, tiny binding holes at the blank spine, very nice condition.
Background: The November 1861 arrest of Confederate commissioners James Mason and John Slidell aboard the British mail steamer Trent—known as the Trent Affair—stands as the most dangerous diplomatic crisis of the American Civil War, nearly provoking a catastrophic war between the United States and Great Britain. Triggered by Union Captain Charles Wilkes’s unauthorized violation of British maritime neutrality, the incident ignited a wave of patriotic euphoria in the North, but sparked furious outrage in London, where the British government viewed the seizure as an insult to their flag and immediately mobilized troops to Canada while threatening military intervention. The historical significance of this event lies
* Civil War era "Trent Affair"
* James Mason & John Slidell
Among front page column heads on the Civil War are: "HIGHLY IMPORTANT NEWS" "Arrest of Messrs. Slidell and Mason, the Rebel Commissioners to Europe" "NEWS FROM THE SOUTH" "Stampede of the Rebels in Savannah" "The Union Men of Tennessee Reported in Possession of Bristol" and more.
On November 8, the Yankees captured two Confederate envoys aboard the British mail ship, the Trent. Great Britain accused the United States of violating British neutrality, and the incident created a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Great Britain during the Civil War. The two envoys were James Mason, former Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and John Slidell, a prominent New Orleans lawyer, sent by Jeff. Davis to secure British and French recognition of the Confederate States as a sovereign nation. Eight pages, tiny binding holes at the blank spine, very nice condition.
Background: The November 1861 arrest of Confederate commissioners James Mason and John Slidell aboard the British mail steamer Trent—known as the Trent Affair—stands as the most dangerous diplomatic crisis of the American Civil War, nearly provoking a catastrophic war between the United States and Great Britain. Triggered by Union Captain Charles Wilkes’s unauthorized violation of British maritime neutrality, the incident ignited a wave of patriotic euphoria in the North, but sparked furious outrage in London, where the British government viewed the seizure as an insult to their flag and immediately mobilized troops to Canada while threatening military intervention. The historical significance of this event lies
Category: Yankee
