15,000 troops
because it was a big thing in history.
Yes, Bull Run was a big battle because it was the first battle of the civil war and was very bloody.
Yes Chief Sitting Bull defeated general George Custer at the battle of Little Big Horn.
Sitting Bull
The first big battle that followed Fort Sumter was the First Battle of Manassas, or Bull Run, in July 1861. There had been a minor battle before Bull Run, at Big Bethel Church, also in Virginia. This was not much of a battle but the first Confederates killed in the war died at Big Bethel, and it got a tremendous amount of attention in the newspapers.
sitting bull
No
Confident of beating John Pope, whom he rated as just a big talker, as long he as did it quickly, before McClellan's bigger force could reach the battle area.
He won the battle of Little Big Horn, when he was only 14
Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse
Sitting Bull
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