The information comes after The Exists discovered that Natalie Imbrugliaâs song âTornâ has been played over 75 times a day on Australian radio over a ten-year period, so they decided to look into what the most popular song in the world is.
The Battle of First Manassas (First Bull Run) Cheers rang out in the streets of Washington on July 16, 1861 as Gen. Irvin McDowellâs army, 35,000 strong, marched out to begin the long-awaited campaign to capture Richmond and end the war. It was an army of green recruits, few of whom had the faintest idea of the magnitude of the task facing them.
Despite their victory, Confederate troops were far too disorganized to press their advantage and pursue the retreating Yankees, who reached Washington by July 22. The First Battle of Bull Run (called First Manassas in the South) cost some 3,000 Union casualties, compared with 1,750 for the Confederates.