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.
In the east, many tribes that had yet to suffer removal took sides in the Civil War. The Thomas Legion, an Eastern Band of Confederate Cherokee, led by Col. William Holland Thomas, fought in the mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina. Another 200 Cherokee formed the Junaluska Zouaves.