1,067,000,000 in China, all users. 889,000,000 (2013), increasing. 70% of Chinese language users speak a Mandarin dialect as L1. 178,000,000. Total users in all countries: 1,091,782,930 (as L1: 897,902,930; as L2: 193,880,000).
Civil War: Songs of the North collects 15 Union-centric instrumental ballads like  Weeping Sad and Lonely/When This Cruel War Is Over, When Johnny Comes Marching Home, and The Battle Cry of Freedom, all of which are impeccably performed by Nashville-based multi-instrumentalist Craig Duncan and a small army of talented session musicians.
What hymn is the battle hymn of the civil war? The Battle Hymn of the Republic   The Battle Hymn of the Republic is most often considered to be the unofficial battle hymn of the Civil War. It was written by Julia Wardâ¦ Howe as a marching song for the Union army. Over the years it came to be sung by blacks in the south as well due to its strong reference to slavery.