Mossback's Northwest

The Pig War

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?

The Pig War

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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?

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