Koszta Affair

Koszta Affair
Part of Hungarian Revolution of 1848

USS St. Louis, the sloop used by Captain Ingraham to threaten the Austrian brig Huszár.
DateJuly 2, 1853
Location
Smyrna, present day İzmir, Turkey
Result United States victory
Martin Koszta released
Belligerents
 United States  Austrian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Captain Duncan Ingraham Unknown
Strength
1 sloop-of-war 1 brig-of-war

The Koszta Affair (1853) was the name applied to a diplomatic episode between the United States and the Austrian Empire involving the rights in foreign countries of new Americans who were not yet fully naturalized.