Survive was there main goal
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When added to ice, salt first dissolves in the film of liquid water that is always present on the surface, and lowering its freezing point below the ices temperature. Ice in contact with salty water therefore melts, creating more liquid water, which dissolves more salt, thereby causing more ice to melt, and so on.
Yes it was. no nothing could be done to stop it.
The significance of the Battle of Gettysburg was that it marked the last time Confederate troops were able to invade the North.