Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share 58: The British-US Pig War 1859
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
58: The British-US Pig War 1859
Send me a message
The Pig War in 1859 is one of the most obscure and unusual events in Britain’s long and colourful history.
In this forgotten moment, the United Kingdom and the United States almost went to war…and all because of a dead pig!
In a tense stand off 400 US soldiers faced 5 Royal Navy warships on a tiny island between Vancouver and Seattle.
Sign up for my newsletter
Support the show
View all episodes
By Chris Green
5
33 ratings
Send me a message
The Pig War in 1859 is one of the most obscure and unusual events in Britain’s long and colourful history.
In this forgotten moment, the United Kingdom and the United States almost went to war…and all because of a dead pig!
In a tense stand off 400 US soldiers faced 5 Royal Navy warships on a tiny island between Vancouver and Seattle.
Sign up for my newsletter
Support the show
More shows like The History Chap Podcast
View all
In Our Time
5,409 Listeners
From Our Own Correspondent
369 Listeners
History Extra podcast
3,199 Listeners
Great Lives
505 Listeners
More or Less: Behind the Stats
901 Listeners
In Our Time: History
1,903 Listeners
Dan Snow's History Hit
4,629 Listeners
WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk
1,296 Listeners
You're Dead to Me
2,998 Listeners
The Rest Is History
12,431 Listeners
Gone Medieval
1,708 Listeners
Short History Of...
2,569 Listeners
Battleground
316 Listeners
Empire
2,006 Listeners
Strong Message Here
28 Listeners