program. 1  Obs. a proclamation. a prospectus or syllabus. 2  the acts, speeches, musical pieces, etc. that make up an entertainment, ceremony, etc. a printed list of these. 3  a scheduled broadcast on radio or television. 4  a plan or procedure for dealing with some matter.
Trent Affair: 1861-1862. The Trent Affair was the diplomatic crisis that potentially brought Great Britain and the United States closest to war during the first year of the American Civil War.
Main article: Battle of Trent's Reach. Her final action took place on January 23â24, 1865 when the Confederate squadron in the James River, including ironclads Virginia II, CSS Richmond, and CSS Fredericksburg, with five smaller vessels, made a second unsuccessful attempt to circumvent obstructions in Trent's Reach.