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.
The armies clashed on July 21, 1861. Two battles of the Civil War were fought in northern Virginia near a small river called Bull Run and a town called Manassas Junction. First Bull Run was the first major battle of the war.Both the North and the South thought it might be the last.First Bull Run. The Union troops were commanded by Gen. Irvin McDowell; the Confederate army by Generals Joseph E. Johnston and Beauregard.irst Bull Run was the first major battle of the war. Both the North and the South thought it might be the last. First Bull Run. The Union troops were commanded by Gen. Irvin McDowell; the Confederate army by Generals Joseph E. Johnston and Beauregard.