16‚ 1862. Robert E. Lee was the South’s general and George McClellan was the North’s general. This was the first battle of the American Civil War fought on the Union’s side. Unfortunately for the Confederacy‚ their battle plans had been left at a campsite. A Union soldier found the plans and gave them to General McClellan. During this battle‚ the North had about 75‚000 soldiers fighting and the South had about 50‚000 soldiers fighting. The battle lasted three days total‚ from September 16-18‚ 1862
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to send a message. I think Jack London’s message in this story is to not take things for granted and to always come prepared. In this story a guy goes on a nine hour journey in the Yukon. The temperature is 50 below zero.He should arrive at this campsite at 6:00 to go camping with his friends. On this journey he dies because he can’t bear the cold any longer. I think the guy in the story seems to always take his dog for granted. He should listen to the signs the dog gives him. The dog is letting
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Once More to the Lake is an essay mainly about how the author/dad‚ E. B. White‚ can’t quite seem to let go of his childhood. A lot of his childhood memories are embedded within the lake and the surrounding areas‚ so he cannot help but constantly reminisce about how things were when he used to visit the lake as a child. This seems to take away from his current visit to the lake in my opinion. He does not seem to want to live in the moment but constantly makes comparisons of how the waitresses were
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( SI ) is the meter (m). Meter (m) In the International System of Units (SI)‚ the unit of time is the second (symbol: Examples At an amusement park‚ when you ride a rollercoaster is starts slowly‚ then faster‚ then slows down again. If you walk to a campsite 1 mile away and then back to your start point within 1 hour: Your average speed would be: total distance/time = 2 miles/1 hour or 2 miles per hour How far does the earth travel in one year? In terms of distance‚ quite far (the circumference of
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Most people in today’s society do not stray far from what is perceived as normal‚ but some people dare to do extraordinary things. People such as Philippe Petit featured in the documentary Man on Wire and Timothy Treadwell featured in the documentary Grizzly Man. These two individuals share many similarities in regard to what they are willing to do to achieve their goals. They also share differences in regard to how they think and how they respond to fame. I intend to delve deeper into their characters
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The Camping Trip. By: Samantha Coles  Turn the page and we can start. I wrote this for all my friends that love camping much as I do. Which is allot. “Samantha wake up” Mom said “Or do I have to come in there and drag your butt out of bed because you know I will!” I must’ve slept thou my alarms again today wait no alarms it’s the first day of summer “Coming mom” I said as I stumbled out of my room a littlie confused. “OMG what are you all doing here we don’t leave for that big
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take bearings because any signs‚ footprints and the footpath were not visible. This was probably the most physically challenging day as there were many hills and inclines. Photos: Saturday Amount of litter: Moderate Thoughts: When exiting the campsite‚ there was visible litter on the floor. The route for this day was much easier and accessible than Friday because it was mostly over flat ground and there were very visible and well used paths to walk on. The entire group is skilled at reading a
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After the Commander of the Chilean Forces‚ General Erasmo Escala resigned as a result of his continued discrepancies with the War Minister; the later promoted General Manuel Baquedano‚ a veteran from the Peru-Bolivian Confederacy war‚ who enjoyed the sympathies and respect of the soldiers. The units under the command of General Baquedano were cohesive. An example of this happened during the Battle of Tacna. The criticized frontal attack tactics exposed the Chilean formations to the effects of fires
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isn’t really a little important but it’s the writing that really counts. Edgar Allan Poe the writer of “The Tell-Tale Heart” and W. W. Jacobs the writer of “The Monkey’s Paw” created little horror stories for people to be entertained and be told in campsites for people to be scared and have fun at the same time. The Monkey’s Paw has magic in the story with twists and turns and it has violence and misunderstanding words. W. W. Jacobs wrote this story‚ W. W. Jacobs wrote this story in 1902. Whenever the
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“Why Possums Play Dead” Once upon a time there was a possum‚ this possum was very clever and there was no other animal like this possum. This possum was very fortunate of being in the right place at the right time. However‚ one morning the possum woke up and realized something that was very strange. As the possum got out of bed he realized these big tracks‚ the possum knew very quickly that something bad was gonna happen and all the animals in his camp were in danger. The possum began going
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