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The Pig War

Why Britain and the U.S. nearly went to war over the border because of a dead pig.

10/25/2022

Mossback's Northwest

The Pig War

10/25/2022 | 7m 7sVideo has Closed Captions

Why Britain and the U.S. nearly went to war over the border because of a dead pig.

The killing of a British pig by an American settler triggered an international confrontation that almost set the U.S. and Britain to war in the 1850s. Did one soldier, who later became a Confederate general George Pickett, have an ulterior motive in the conflict?

10/25/2022

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Mossback's Northwest

The Pig War

10/25/2022 | 7m 7sVideo has Closed Captions

The killing of a British pig by an American settler triggered an international confrontation that almost set the U.S. and Britain to war in the 1850s. Did one soldier, who later became a Confederate general George Pickett, have an ulterior motive in the conflict?

10/25/2022

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