Statistics for occurrence #1 of “United States” in chapter 7 of Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War.:
... contraband of war, and omitted to seize the vessel.
If the persons seized were contraband, the vessel knowingly carrying them as passengers was contraband also, and should have been taken into a United States port and the case tried before an Admiralty Court; which would most likely have decided in favor of the Trent and awarded damages.
This course would have saved the United States the humiliation o...
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| † | United States (United States) | 100,886 | 694 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | |
| United States (New Mexico, United States) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
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