2 (U.S. history) the war fought from 1861 to 1865 between the North and the South, sparked off by Lincoln's election as president but with deep-rooted political and economic causes, exacerbated by the slavery issue.
A barrage is a term used to describe extensive artillery fire against enemy positions. Barrages were classified as light, moderate or heavy. A light barrage amounted to six or seven shells every ten minutes. A moderate barrage was thirty shells a minute and a heavy one, fifty to sixty shells a minute.
The Marina Barrage (Chinese:æ»¨æµ·å ¤å) is a dam in Singapore built at the confluence of five rivers, across the Marina Channel between Marina East and Marina South.It was officially opened on 1 November 2008. It was Singapore's fifteenth reservoir. It provides water storage, flood control and recreation.he Marina Barrage was conferred the Superior Achievement Award [4] - the highest honour of the competition for the best project entry-at the AAEE Annual Awards Luncheon held in Washington, DC, USA on 6 May 2009.