by Robert D. Jenkins, Sr. Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press, 2024. Pp. xviii, 384+44. Illus., maps, notes, biblio., index. $39.00. ISBN: 0881469319 Critical Confederate Failure before Atlanta In his new work, Robert D. Jenkin, author of The Battle of Peach Tree Creek and To the Gates of Atlanta, looks at the controversial action at Cassville on May 19, 1864, which saw an unsuccessful Confederate attack in the morning, and then an ineffective Confederate defense that afternoon.