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Often called the "Pork & Beans War," the Aroostook War was a confrontation between the United States and Great Britain. The war, which look place in 1838 and 1839, was over the international boundary that separated Canada, which was a British holding, and the state of Maine, which was an American state in the United States. Although there were numerous skirmishes, there were no military personnel killed in the dispute. The only two casualties were two American soldiers who drowned near Ft. Kent.

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