Battle of Lookout Mountain

The Battle of Lookout Mountain on 24 November 1863 was a Union victory during the Chattanooga Campaign that helped break the Confederate position around the city. Within the wider setting of Chattanooga Campaign, 1863, it brings together strategy, command, logistics, battlefield conditions and the experience of soldiers and civilians.

This context gives historical fiction a framework for exploring combat, leadership, survival, medical care and the consequences of military decisions through the lives of people affected by wider change.