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Trent affair and Confederate threats dominate late 1861 dispatches
A Global roundup reports Lords Lyons demanding Mason and Slidell surrender, Franklin Pierce era allies in Britain debate, and Gen Scott's unknown dispatch to Seward. Washington notes British action, naval movements, and possible war with England while Missouri rail lines face rebel arson and court martial actions unfold as Confederate forces threaten further disruption.
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Tribune
Lords Lyons
Mason and Slidell
Seward
Webb
Brazil
Scott
United States
England
France
Ely
Richmond
National Army
Washington
Messrs
Mason
Slidell
Hogland
Great Britain
Adame
P.lnseiston
Euglana
Slidvll
Meson
Gapt
Wilkes
Lord Lyons
Tant
Acaus
Senora
Vail
Palmyra
John Groesbeck
Thirty-ninth
Ohio
Binmore
St. Joseph
Worth Missouri
Rennick
Martinsburg
Sturgeon
Centralia
Mexico
Davis
Salt River
Centraia
Vursebad
Contraia
Cr. Morse
Col. M
Louisville