The Science Behind It. Baking soda {sodium bicarbonate} is a base and vinegar {acetic acid} is an acid. When combined, they react to form water, a salt {sodium acetate}, and carbon dioxide gas. The bubbles produced by the reaction {in the bottle} are the carbon dioxide gas escaping the water.
It would take the Marines over a month of fighting over an inhospitable terrain to dig out and overtake the Japanese. When the battle ended on March 26, 1945, as many as 7,000 Americans were dead and 24,000 wounded. Almost 6,000 of those killed were U.S. Marines.
Estimated Confederate casualties are around 12,000. âCasualtiesâ includes men who were wounded, captured or deserted as well as men who were killed. Based on these numbers The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House was the third bloodiest battle of the Civil War, ranking behind Gettysburg and Chickamauga.