I actually find history endlessly fascinating; there are always more corners to poke into.
Even on Wiki you can learn quite a bit. It appears that at the time of the "Trent" affair there was a considerable fear an American army would invade Canada. So the British had contingency plans to invade the US---taking Portland and large sections of Maine. It was thought by at least one of the British strategists that there was a sizable group within Maine which was in favor of annexation to Canada.
I have some books on this period and I will be consulting them to see if they support Wiki on this.
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