Featured battle : Chattanooga - Lookout Mountain

Part of American Civil War

Date : 24 November 1863

The first phase of the Battle of Chattanooga. Grant, now in command of all armies in the west sent Hooker to take Confederate outer defences overlooking the town on Lookout Mountain. He sent 3 divisions scrambling up the rocky slopes through the fog which later caused the battle to be known as the "Battle Above the Clouds". The 3 brigades of defenders were overwhelmed and fell back, by evening being driven back to the main positions on Missionary Ridge. Casualties were light, but the sign of a huge Union flag being unfurled at the top of the mountain the following morning dented further the moral of Bragg's Confederates for the battle to come.

The Power and the Glory

Steve Dunn
This is a novel view of the Royal Navy over most of its existence. Naval Reviews were the pulling together of the fleet to show the nation’s power and might ostensibly [even ostentatiously] to the monarch but to friends and potential enemies alike. The author has brought together a fascinating array of information not only about the ships but material ranging from the strategic background to the lunch menus. The result is a brilliant overview of our changing navy with a bonus of insight into the society of the time of change.
Photographs abound throughout the book and the text is lucid and engaging .
However for those, like me, who love the Royal Navy the full story is a tragedy. The book tells the nation’s story of increasing power until its zenith and then the steady decline to today’s level. This is also the navy’s story.
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Seaforth Publishing, 2021