The Trent Affair: An Aftermath (1912) is a historical non-fiction book written by Richard Henry Dana. The book focuses on the Trent Affair, a diplomatic incident that occurred during the American Civil War in 1861. The incident involved the seizure of two Confederate diplomats aboard a British mail steamer, the Trent, by the Union Navy. The incident caused a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Great Britain, as the British government demanded...