1862

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The captain and crew of the U.S. sloop of warSan Jacinto watched with grim intensity as the speck on the horizon grew larger with each thrust the warship made through the waves. It was theSan Jacinto's prey, the British mail packetTrent.

Locating the British ship on the vast ocean was a feat of seamanship combined with a great deal of luck. TheSan. Jacinto had first found theTrent in Cuba, and had to give her a head start when she had sailed lest she grow suspicious and turn back to the safety of the neutral Spanish port. With the knowledge that theTrent was headed for England, the American ship had steamed as fast as possible and then turned back along the usual track to Europe in hopes of finding theTrent coming towards her. The maneuver had worked.

The SanJacinto was going to stop theTrent and remove from her the two men who were on their way to England as emissaries of the Confederate States of America.

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