On July 21, 1861, Union and Confederate armies clashed near Manassas Junction, Virginia. The Confederate victory gave the South a surge of confidence and shocked many in the North, who realized the war would not be won as easily as they had hoped.

The First Battle of Bull Run (also known as the First Manassas) was fought on July 21, 1861. It was the first major battle of the Civil War and resulted in a Confederate victory.

It was effective. 1861 Battle of Manassas; first major battle of the Civil War, resulting in a Confederate victory.

The answer is A. The war was going to be longer and costlier than had been thought.

The lesson learned that day had to be relearned again by future generations, from the Argonne to Pearl Harbor to Vietnam and the Sinai Desert. Mankind always has to relearn the basic fact that war cannot be viewed in the same light as a sports contest.

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Humans And Cone Snails Also fortunately for us, deaths are rare. A 2004 report in the journal Nature attributed about 30 human deaths to cone snails. Of the 500 species of poisonous cone snails, just a few are venomous enough to kill you.

An estimated 4,400 to 200,000 people die from it each year. The disease is most commonly found in Africa, Asia, and South America. Around 700 million people, in more than 70 countries, live in areas where the disease is common.

Prized by sea-shell collectors for their beautiful shells, the snails are up to 9 inches long. Their mouths have a blow-gun-like structure that shoots a barbed dart-like “tooth” at about 400 miles per hour.