Essays on Flanks

The Battle of Lundy’s Lane has stood as the bloodiest land-based battle fought during the War of 1812. Fought on July 25, 1814 and known alternatively as the Battle of Niagara Falls, the Battle of Lundy’s Lane involved a military faceoff between the United States (US) and the British Empire on Canadian territory, on present-day Niagara Falls, Ontario. The victory of the US army at the Battle of Chippawa prompted them to advance to Queenston, which in turn required them to pass by Niagara Falls – by then a stronghold of the British army. The US army, commandeered by Major ...

Water and Its Unique Properties

Water is has a unique physical and chemical properties which are essential to life and to the earth processes such as climate change. Water molecules generally consist of one oxygen atoms and two hydrogen atoms. However the atoms do not share equal electrons thereby making water slightly charged—exhibits polarity. Water molecules interact with other water molecule through a weak hydrogen bond. Hydrogen bonds allow water to interact also with other polar substances. Water is known as the universal solvent. Thus, it has the capacity to dissolve various polar substances like ammonia and nonpolar substances such as methane (Freudenrich, 2011). ...

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The movie “Gods and Generals” is set out in the American civil war and its starts with the onset of the war with General Robert E. Lee declining the federal offer to lead the union army and instead choosing to be loyal to his Virginia state and agreeing to lead the local Virginian army into the war. “Gods and Generals” makes a remarkably successful attempt to be historically precise, and most of the events and people in the movie represent history with some remarkable degree of accuracy. However, “Gods and Generals” does make some important omissions of historical events and ...