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The civil war only went the way it did because it was kept "in house"; both sides were reluctant to reach out for foreign aid (as the war was to be over in like a month, MAX) because the US was still very much "Fuck Europe and their shitty, stupid wars. Fuck them so so hard."; see the Monroe doctrine which was "keep those fucking inbred dicks on their own fucked up continent".
This changed as the war dragged on and the Confederacy's lack of industry and economy based on cash crops/trade meant they NEEDED international assistance. And even then they were fairly tepid about it at the start, for fear of European entanglements any allies would want in return.
Got my script flipped, Russia was sucking union dick.
Russia was still devastated by the effects of the Crimean war, and their navy had be curb stomped by the Brits. Even pretending they had an army to contribute, they had no ships to get them to any where they could do any good. The dire state of Russia is what led them to sell Alaska to the US shortly after the civil war ended.
Britain, at the time, was wanting to play nice (extremely so, they ignored a few international incidents that would have been sufficient cause to at minimum sack-tap the Union) to maintain access to the North's economy; elements were inclined to aid to the Confederates, but the anti-slavery sentiment was still strong which would have made intervention a hard sell. The best the confederacy got was a complete non-intervention in the affair.
France might have intervened, but they were busy and distracted in Mexico; if Lee's mad dash north had come sooner, and produced better results, France might have come in on the Confederate's side in exchange for help later in Mexico. (Which would have likely been a palatable trade off for the Confederates, as Mexico would not -strictly speaking - be a European entanglement.)
I am currently forgetting what the deal with Spain was, as slavery solidarity would have made them a natural ally but they weren't able to be involved. I believe "fucked economy". Again, a stronger Confederate showing might have changed their mind.
Prussia also showed no little-to-no interest in the confederate cause; they were dealing with their own issues, and their economy didn't have much interaction with Confederate cash crops. But again, a stronger confederate showing on the battlefield might have convinced them to pick a side; also possible is if France had broken the Union blockade and allowed Southern trade to resume, they could have hired Prussian mercenaries/ought prussian arms.
The major key point here is that none of the powers of the day were close enough to the US really do anything without making a major commitment to the war.
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Anyway that was a lot of words to say that the world is much smaller now, and America much more important as more than just a trading partner. Civil War 2 will likely turn into World War 3, or at least proxied WW3, as everyone wants the prize of being owed huge favors by the victors. It won't be a local deal like American Civil War was.
(Fun fact, you have women like Adelcia (at the time) Acklen who worked with the Union & Confederates to sell nearly a million dollars of cotton to keep America in the cotton market. Even the Union was thinking of post-war.)
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