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Much has been said about the Russians sending ships to dock in American ports during ACW, and how it was interpreted as support against the British and French, though that's mostly hype. Now, suppose that we don't actually see anything as dramatic as a Trent Affair war with Russian intervention- could there still be a friendship between the U.S. and Russia starting from the Civil War? I mean, both are far enough that the U.S. wouldn't worry about entangling alliances. If there are any conflicts Russia gets involved with, the U.S. just tries to diplomatically mediate, but doesn't actually send troops or anything like that.