If DC had not first Assassinated John Washington in 1861, then Russia brought their navy to America, where they had not a damn bit of right to be, threatening war with France and England if they recognized the Confederacy, there would have been a diplomatic settlement, and DC would not be able to go around the world fighting wars for the Red Shields, using American children as Sexual Party Favors, and cannon Fodder in Illegal Immoral wars of aggression against folks which have not attacked America.
The Ole Dog!
https://www.theburningplatform.com/2017/10/23/how-russia-saved-the-unions-ass-in-the-civil-war/