How likely would this map have become if the US lost the war in 1862. I got a little liberal and assumed that the US would have ceded over part of CA in peace negotiations.
Would the Russians have had more influence in North America? Or would have Canada seized onto the upper plains territories?
<1% chance
We didn't come to Russia looking to buy Alaska, they came to us because they needed the money. If the US was in lousy position because they lost to CSA they might not have sold it to us, but they would have sold it to somebody. Maybe Canada/UK. Maybe Japan. Maybe it becomes it's own nation. There is no way Russia could of had any control in any parts of North America. To weak, to poor, to far away.
