USA HISTORY

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR(1861 1865)

THE FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUN

[SOURCES]
How many casualties did the Union Army have?

(A) ** 3000

(B) 30000

(C) 300

(D) 30

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -The 642, 427 total Union casualties have been divided accordingly: 110, 100 killed in battle. 224, 580 diseases. 275, 174 wounded in action.

Concept note-2: -The Battle of Gettysburg marked the turning point of the Civil War. With more than 50, 000 estimated casualties, the three-day engagement was the bloodiest single battle of the conflict.

Concept note-3: -At the time, Bull Run marked the bloodiest battle fought in American history, with an estimated 3, 000 Union casualties and 1, 750 Confederate casualties.

Concept note-4: -The Taiping Rebellion, which broke out in 1850, would come to be the bloodiest civil war in human history. Historians estimate it may have claimed up to 30 million lives. Yet, unlike the Chinese Civil War, it is largely forgotten in the West, despite the involvement of French, British, and American officers.