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The Pig War
The Pig War is a tongue-in-cheek term for a boundary dispute that almost led to war.
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James Alden, commander of the USCS Steamer Active, carried dispatches during the Pig War crisis. During the Battle of Mobile Bay he led the Union fleet into the harbor until stalled by Confederate mines. That's when Admiral David G. Farragut shouted "Damn the torpedoes..."

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